Meanings

memorandum of agreement on general trade terms and conditions

a size smaller

single-rate tariff (system)

discretionary account (in securities)

ordinary people

the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

(only) one option

machination

single rate

first-person pronoun

customer one has never met before

uniform fee

first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant)

first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant)

law of identity

there isn't a moment to be wasted

first law of thermodynamics

open tendering

fish salted and dried overnight

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995)