Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 138:14

ולא עשאה אמר רב ששת לא עשאה דמים מחיים אלא לאחר מיתה

R. Nahman said in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuhah: Sometimes an increased rental may be offered for a shop, [e.g., in consideration of a loan] for decorations; or for a ship, to build a sail-yard therein. For a shop, in return for decorations, that it may be attractive for customers and thus earn more profit; and for a ship, to build a sail-yard therein; for the more beautiful its sail-yard, the greater is the hire.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In each case the money is expended in the shop or ship itself and therefore permitted. ');">¹³</span>

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