CHARGE PER UNIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis

Example:

a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5

Synonyms:

charge per unit; rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("charge per unit" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge per unit"):

pay rate; rate of pay (amount of money received per unit time)

tax rate (rate used to calculate tax liability)

interest rate; rate of interest (the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use)

freight; freight rate; freightage (the charge for transporting something by common carrier)

depreciation rate; rate of depreciation (the rate at which the value of property is reduced; used to calculate tax deduction)

exchange rate; rate of exchange (the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another)

excursion rate (a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket)

footage (a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done)

linage; lineage (a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted)

room rate (the rate charged daily for a hotel room)