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differential rate

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noun

  1. a special lower rate, as one charged by one of two or more competing businesses.


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This process can either be very straightforward or very complex, depending on the complexity of the differential rate law.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

For these types of reactions, the differential rate law is written as:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

This will, of course, be accomplished in the most permanent way and rendered almost automatic, either through introducing task work with a bonus or the differential rate.

From Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor

When, however, the work is of such variety that each day presents an entirely new task, the pressure of the differential rate is some times too severe.

From Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor

The above result was mostly though not entirely due to the differential rate.

From Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor

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