zero-rate
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of zero-rate
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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It earns revenue from card interest payments when customers carry loan balances beyond an initial zero-rate period, as well as from interchange and other fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Fed officials have all but promised to exit their pandemic-era zero-rate policy at their next meeting on March 15-16 to bring down inflation that has shot by the central bank's 2% target.
From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2022
AT&T is going to zero-rate HBO Max, T-Mobile’s cable-ish thing, TVision, is going to be prioritized on that network.
From The Verge ● Nov. 10, 2020
In a zero-rate environment, however, there’s very little punishment for having a tough year and needing to access the credit markets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
We are delighted that the government has announced plans to #AxeTheReadingTax and zero-rate VAT on digital books and journals.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2020
Retailers and brands that backed last year's campaign to make period underwear zero-rated for VAT pledged they would pass on the tax cut in full to customers.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2024
Former FCC officials say the new limits on zero-rated data plans are based on policy analysis that the federal agency undertook in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
Despite, or perhaps because of, the popularity of zero-rated services, net neutrality is barely on the country’s radar.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2017
"Zero-rating may provide an unfair advantage to the provider of the content that is zero-rated, compared to other content providers or potential new entrants," staffers with the Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote in a February post.
From US News ● Jul. 15, 2016
Magazines, along with books and newspapers, are normally zero-rated for VAT – this meant that Sky could avoid VAT on a small but significant percentage of revenue.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2012
He said the government had determined that traders do not pass the zero-rating benefit to consumers, while some make "fictitious and fake" claims for refunds.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
But the study didn’t say that removing zero-rating would necessarily increase anyone’s bill by $30.
From The Verge ● Aug. 29, 2018
If it passes, it would be the third state to enact net neutrality rules and the first to prohibit some zero-rating programs.
From The Verge ● Jun. 4, 2018
Mobile internet access for people with little income to spare is a huge business opportunity—hence the popularity of zero-rating services in the country.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2017
One type of service that could proliferate in the new regime is zero-rating deals, where specific websites or services are exempted from a mobile carrier’s data caps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2017
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