poor rate

British  

noun

1. English history a rate or tax levied by parishes for the relief or support of the poor

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Example Sentences

Problems with timely capital replenishment, bank liquidity gaps and poor rate “transmission” are three major constraints on banks’ supply of credit, Sun Guofeng, head of the People’s Bank of China’s monetary policy department, wrote in a commentary in the PBOC’s China Finance magazine.

From Reuters

And don’t exchange currency at the airport store fronts; you’re likely to get a poor rate.

From Washington Times

Bleak prospects for translation, and the poor rate of pay, led him into a variety of fallback occupations.

From New York Times

If the driver is poor rate accordingly.

From Forbes

That relatively poor rate of return has encouraged Chinese savers to invest in unregulated investment products in the so called shadow banking system.

From BBC