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
"The zero-rate environment of the past decade induced businesses to issue straight debt almost at will," Reddy said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 17, 2023
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
Its growth has been fuelled by the fact that it is zero-rated by some of the country’s mobile phone operators, meaning people don’t have to pay data charges to use it.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2018
"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
Facebook partners with mobile carriers to offer zero-rated services, and the program was formerly marketed as Internet.org or “Facebook Zero.”
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2016
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
A large part of Un-Carrier’s offering was zero-rating data from certain music and video streaming services so it wouldn’t count against T-Mobile customers’ bills.
From The Verge ● Jan. 8, 2021
But the study didn’t say that removing zero-rating would necessarily increase anyone’s bill by $30.
From The Verge ● Aug. 29, 2018
This often comes in the form of zero-rating plans like Zong’s WhatsApp offer.
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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