Sentence examples for punitive rate from inspiring English sources

Hundreds of thousands of new people are being ensnared by a punitive rate of tax.

If the NGO bill goes forward in Israel's parliament, watchdog groups like ACRI would be taxed at a punitive rate.

In effect, this means all bank bonuses above about forty thousand dollars would be taxed at a punitive rate of seventy-five per cent.

Meanwhile, the African governments would like rich countries to compensate them in cash and at a punitive rate, to encourage the swift dismantling of support.

This is one reason why the Bank of England insisted on charging Northern Rock a punitive rate of interest on its loan, thought to be about 7%.

New Look is aiming to use the money to restructure its borrowings, which include £746m of payment-in-kind (PIK) notes, where interest payments pile up rapidly at a punitive rate to be repaid at the end of the term.

The moneylenders charge interest at punitive rates.

At today's punitive rates, it cost $153.25, service included.

Unable to afford such punitive rates of interest, many a firm seemed destined to go bust.

The farmers borrowed money at punitive rates, so they could sink wells and buy costly "biotech" cotton-seeds.

Once again, the Treasury managed to get its debt out the door only by paying punitive rates.