The phrase "a less rate" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression would be "a lower rate."
Example: "We are offering a lower rate for our services this month to attract more customers."
Alternatives: "a reduced rate" or "a diminished rate."
Having in view the offense charged in this case, we think it is clearly within the terms of the act making it penal to procure the actual transportation, by any of the means denounced in the act, of goods at a less rate than that named in the tariffs.
The proximal compression tube nail system is safer than the conventional nailing methods for the treatment for transverse and oblique tibial shaft fractures with a less rate of nonunion, proximal locking screw failure and proximal nail migration.
Although a slow down of the curve occurred in 1997, the incidence rates since then are still increasing, albeit at a less rapid rate.
Satellite radio pays a fee but at a less onerous rate, at least by some measures.
News reports from Bonn have indicated that the Kohl Government wants a less liberal rate, particularly in converting savings.
One approach to consider is flatter taxes (a less progressive rate structure on a broader base) and more progressive spending.
You may be better off taking out a loan with a less attractive rate through a broker which does not - such as London & Country.
The figures, due at 9.30am GMT, are expected to show that construction kept growing (although at a less spirited rate than October).
And when the West German central bank proposed a less favorable rate of exchange earlier this month, hundreds of thousands of East Germans marched in street demonstrations to protest.
Eight main benefits would be merged into just two, which would be withdrawn less swiftly and at a less onerous rate for claimants who find work.
Employers have been conditioned to believe the best they can hope for is a less bad rate increase.
