differential rate

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Dennis, P. P. & Bremer, H. Differential rate of ribosomal protein synthesis in Escherichia coli B/r.

From Nature

The paper says “one consistent predictor of achievement gaps is the differential rate of exposure between whites and minorities to poor classmates,” but it found “little or no association between achievement gaps” and available measures of school quality.

From Washington Post

This differential rate of proliferation of bone results in the pattern of development of the supraorbital flanges shown in figure 7.

From Project Gutenberg

It gave a slow rate of angular displacement, since the satellite itself moved ten degrees an hour, while Earth moved 15°, for a differential rate of only five degrees an hour, making fairly easy tracking for the various Earth terminals of the communications net; and making possible a leisurely view of more than ninety per cent of Earth's surface every seventy-two hours.

From Project Gutenberg

The lower charge of the longer line is called a differential rate, and it is customary for the shorter or "standard" lines to agree to allow the "differential" line a stipulated differential rate.

From Project Gutenberg