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space rate

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noun

  1. a unit of compensation for written work, based on the amount of space that the submitted material occupies in print, and usually computed in column inches.

Etymology

Origin of space rate

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Fortune 500 corporations have received a price list which sets $1 million as the space rate for plastering the whole square with product slogans and billboards, or $500,000 for just the red brick Kremlin wall.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The first installment appears this week. But the main thing is this: Will you get news for me on a space rate basis?”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The space rate paid for feature articles is usually proportionate to the size of the city in which the newspaper is published.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor

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