commodity rate
1commodity rate — With reference to railroads, a rate which applies to a specific commodity alone; distinguished from a class rate , meaning a single rate which applies to a number of articles of the same general character …
2commodity rate — With reference to railroads, a rate which applies to a specific commodity alone; distinguished from a class rate , meaning a single rate which applies to a number of articles of the same general character …
3commodity rate — A freight rate which applies to one specific commodity alone, as distinguished from a class rate which applies to a number of articles of the same general character. Norfolk Southern Railroad Co. 145 Va 207, 133 SE 817 …
4commodity rate — noun : a common carrier rate distinguished from a class rate and applicable only to a specific commodity or group of related commodities carried between specific points or territories …
5all-commodity rate — noun : a freight rate applied to all goods in a particular shipment regardless of particular classifications …
6rate — Proportional or relative value, measure, or degree. The proportion or standard by which quantity or .value is adjusted. Thus, the rate of interest is the proportion or ratio between the principal and interest; the buildings in a town are rated… …
7rate — n 1: a fixed ratio between two things 2: a charge, payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard: as a: a charge per unit of a commodity provided by a public utility b: a charge per unit of freight or passenger service see also …
8rate — rate1 [rāt] n. [OFr < L rata (pars), reckoned (part), fem. of ratus, pp. of reri, to reckon < IE * rē , var. of base * ar , to fit, join > ART1, ORDER] 1. the amount, degree, etc. of anything in relation to units of something else [the… …
9Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 — The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is United States federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over the counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by… …
10commodity trade — ▪ economics Introduction the international trade in primary goods. Such goods are raw or partly refined materials whose value mainly reflects the costs of finding, gathering, or harvesting them; they are traded for processing or… …