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

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The differential rate piece work is rather simpler in its application than task work with bonus and is the more forceful of the two.

From Shop Management by Taylor, Frederick Winslow

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 Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour

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 Taylor, Frederick Winslow

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