Sentence examples for a standby rate from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a standby rate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to pricing, services, or utilities where a rate is applied for being on standby or available for use.
Example: "The company charges a standby rate for equipment that is reserved but not actively in use."
Alternatives: "a reserve rate" or "an availability fee".

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Pariser said there was no discussion about a standby rate.

The answer to the first question is that MoveOn.org paid what is known in the newspaper industry as a standby rate of $64,575 that it should not have received under Times policies.

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A New York Times Company spokeswoman has said that the group paid a standard "standby" rate.

The Times had maintained for a week that the standby rate was appropriate, but a company spokeswoman told me late Thursday afternoon that an advertising sales representative made a mistake.

"Our ad not only met the acceptability standards of The New York Times, but it was placed at the standby rate with no commitment it would run on a specific date," the spokesman said.

The sales representative should have charged $142,083, she said, because MoveOn wanted the advertisement to run on a specific day — Monday, Sept. 10 — and was therefore not entitled to the "standby" rate.

He paid the same standby rate that MoveOn paid.

The newspaper had maintained that it charged MoveOn the same "standby" rate of $64,575 that it charges all advocacy groups for full-page, black-and-white advertisements that can run anytime in a seven-day window.

While options pricing principles have some relevance for the design a standby distribution rates, insurance pricing may provide an even better model.

It has a 360×440 internal display and a 240×320 internal display and a standby time rated at 10 days although I saw about three days of heavy email use.

Advertisers who get standby rates aren't guaranteed what day their ad will appear, only that it will be in the paper within seven days.

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