Definition

Examples

• "In any case, you were under the impression that those rates were fixed, but they are in fact variable."
• "It's no secret that Chinese companies have all but cornered the market on production and manufacturing, creating everything from A to Z for Western companies at favorable rates."
• "Loman's has the cheapest rates."
• "Now, is there anything else you'd like to discuss at the rate of 200 dollars a minute?"
• "Competitive rates."
• "If you were to consolidate your loans now with a fixed rate, you'd be paying more interest than you are with your variable rate."
• "Although French cuisine contains a lot of saturated fat, the French tend to have an extremely low rate of heart disease, much lower than the United States for example."
• "It was my understanding that there was supposed to be a fixed rate for the duration of the loans, but after looking at our files, I see that the rates have inflated over the past few years."
• "Brent : Moira, the rate of obesity in America is significantly higher than in any other country in the world."
• "Burglary rates in the US are no laughing matter, especially in large cities."
• "I have your loan applications right here, and if you look at the section marked 7b, you can see that the interest rates increase at the current market rate."
• "Philip : But this year, if this rate of growth continues, I am confident that we will be able to beat... wait for it, wait for it, wait for it... Mongolia!"
• "Currently the unemployment rate is at 7.2 percent, which is the highest it has been since 1992."
• "The first 10 emails are free, then if you're interested in purchasing the program for your staff, we sell annual subscriptions at very competitive rates."
• "When we agreed to the terms of those loans, all of those rates were supposed to be fixed, not variable."
• "And right now since you are calling me on my home phone line and these are not office hours, I should tell you that this pleasant little chat we're having is costing you triple my normal rate."
• "You'll even get a special rate on our home buyer loan when the time comes."
• "A new report published by the BNB (Bad News Bearers) shows that obesity among Americans is not slowing down, as naive idealists continue to suggest, but rather growing at a nearly exponential rate."
• "The highest rates of weight gain per second were localized in the mid-west and the south (the so-called Fat Belt), however weight gain was steady from coast to coast, from California to New York."