The vendors pay $100 to $400 to participate, the report said.

That vendor then paid another company a smaller fee to provide the service to Columbia and pocketed the difference.

When the city took over the mart five years ago, he said, only two vendors were paying rent.

The article states that the vendors paid a two dollar per month fee to use the charity's name.

Exactly how much vendors will pay under the new licensing terms will depend upon the configuration of the machine.

On a large minicomputer, vendors will pay between $1,650 and $3,300 for Release 4.0, compared with the current $2,860 fee.

More than 300 vendors pay modest fees for space there.

If the vendor cannot pay in full, in cash, the state seizes his goods until the day when he can.

Books must balance, payroll must be met and vendors paid.

Ms. Smith said the company had acted illegally by making the vendors pay for the stolen items.