1.   Homeowners pay hefty commissions to be a part of the gold rush.

2.   Benefiting from his friendship with Mitterrand, Pelat often acted as a middle man picking up hefty commissions from companies and foreign governments doing business with the French state.

3.   It sure beats blindly following the advice of a broker who makes a hefty commission whether the stock he recommends tanks or goes sky high.

4.   Other suits contend that banks sold shares at initial offering prices to clients who paid hefty commissions for other, unrelated transactions.

5.   Prosecutors warn, however, that those collectors have no legal authority and can charge hefty commissions.

6.   That could translate into great relations with clients, and hefty commissions for you.

7.   The salesmen would make a hefty commission from the sale of the annuity.

8.   Though Grisham is under a multi-book contract at Doubleday and Dell, whoever becomes his literary agent could reap hefty commissions from potential future works and ancillary deals.

9.   Operators in the black market offer higher rates than banks for U.S. and British currencies but charge a hefty commission for converting Indian rupees.