basing point
Americannoun
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U.S. troops long have used Jordan, a kingdom bordering Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and Syria, as a basing point.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024
Last week Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Willard L. Thorp told a congressional committee that world oil prices are fixed to correspond to the basing point system of U.S. prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Supreme Court declared the cement industry's basing point system illegal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two days later it ordered 37 brickmakers to stop using the multiple basing point system, and broadcast a warning to all users�steel, farm machinery, chemicals, etc.�to cut it out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other industries now using basing point prices, which may also, include "phantom" freight charges, are cement, lumber, paper, flour, sugar.
From Time Magazine Archive
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