Under the S.E.C.'s plan, banks and other so-called swaps dealers that arrange derivatives contracts would face a fixed-dollar capital threshold.
Mr. Romney embraced the concept, but proposed a fixed dollar cap as low as $17,000 rather than a percentage.
Oregon investment adviser William Bernstein suggests taking out a fixed percentage, as opposed to a fixed dollar amount, which reduces your dollar depletion when market prices are low.
Some health plans require consumers to pay a percentage of the bill, rather than a fixed dollar amount.
Charitable gift annuities have you getting a fixed dollar amount every year.
Having a "fixed dollar" rate is becoming commonplace for hotels in places like Italy, the U.K. and France.
You can either use a fixed dollar amount or a relative one based on percentage.
The best way to place a tax on gasoline is to impose a fixed-dollar amount — $1 to $2 on each gallon of gasoline.
Each central office department could get a fixed-dollar increment, say $106 per pupil for human resources.
The total price is the rate plus fees expressed as a percent of the loan ("points"), plus fees that are a fixed-dollar amount.
An indemnity policy assigns a fixed-dollar limit to each covered cancer treatment.
