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| commutation ticket |
a ticket for a specified number of trips to and from the same destinations that is issued, at a reduced rate, to commuters, esp. for railroad or toll road travel. |
| devaluate |
to set a lower value or exchange rate on (currency). [1/2 definitions] |
| differential |
in physics or machinery, relating to differences in rate, force, or direction of motion. [1/8 definitions] |
| diminishing returns |
a proposition in economics that when the amount of one factor of production, such as labor, is increased past a certain point while the amounts of other factors, such as land or capital, are held constant, additional output will increase only at a progressively lower and lower rate. |
| discharge |
something ejected or emitted, or the rate or amount of emission. [1/17 definitions] |
| discount |
an act or instance of discounting commercial paper, or the rate at which it is discounted. [1/12 definitions] |
| disinflation |
a slowing of the rate of inflation. [1/2 definitions] |
| double-digit |
of, pertaining to, or denoting a rate greater than ten and less than one hundred percent, esp. used to describe a high inflation rate. |
| double time |
a rate of overtime pay that is twice the normal rate or wage. [1/3 definitions] |
| equilibrium |
in chemistry, a condition in which a reaction and its reverse happen at the same rate, preserving constant proportions of the reactants involved. [1/3 definitions] |
| European plan |
a hotel rate that covers the room and services, but not meals. (Cf. American plan.) |
| exchange |
the price of one currency in terms of another, yielding a ratio at which money of one country can be exchanged for money of another country; exchange rate. [1/7 definitions] |
| fixed charge |
any business expense or tax due, usu. periodically, that is set at an unvarying rate or amount. |
| float |
of a currency, to be allowed to rise or fall in value based on money market conditions, not on a fixed rate of exchange. [1/14 definitions] |
| flow |
the rate at which something flows. [1/8 definitions] |
| flux |
in physics, the rate of flow of matter or energy considered as a fluid. [1/9 definitions] |
| frequency |
the rate of occurrence of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| going |
rate or quality of progress. [1/6 definitions] |
| gradient |
in physics, a measure of the greatest rate by which a variable, such as pressure or temperature, changes with a change in position. [1/4 definitions] |
| Graves' disease |
a disorder characterized by excessive thyroid secretion that causes enlargement of the thyroid and higher basal metabolism and pulse rate. |
| henry |
a unit of electrical inductance equal to the inductance of a closed circuit in which current varies at the rate of one ampere per second to produce an electromotive force of one volt. |
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