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differential rate

American  

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

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

From Shop Management by Taylor, Frederick Winslow

Unfortunately, he at the same time described the "differential rate" system of piece work, which had been introduced by him in the Midvale Steel Works.

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

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