return raten.

1837 Law Jrnl. Rep. 15 ii. 301/1 The questions..are, first, whether the East India Dock Company ought not to have returned and repaid 4s. per ton... The amount in question on the return rate of 4s. per ton..is as follows.

1847 Bankers' Mag. Mar. 405 At a return rate from Government Stocks for deposits at 3¼ per cent., it [sc. profit] would be, say £1 15s. per cent.

1907 Moody's Mag. Jan. 216 A rigid adherence to this rule limits the return rate on their investments.

1934 Chicago Tribune 9 Mar. 27/2 The return rate was 2.16 per cent on the property investments.

1982 W. E. Williams America 171 Most companies feel fortunate if they can realize a return rate somewhere in the teens.

2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 28 Mar. a1 He boasted of an average annual return rate of more than 40 per cent for four years.

1851 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 154 The cost of freight from Buffalo to New-York before the construction of these canals, was $100 per ton... The return rates are higher.

1869 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 4 Sept. 5/1 The trip extended over a period of five days, the return journey commencing yesterday... The return rates were 15s. for closed carriages, and 25s. for first-class carriages.

1886 Gaillard's Med. Jrnl. Apr. 448 Delegates must pay full fare coming, and will receive on application, from the agent at starting point, a certificate which..will entitle them to the reduced return rate.

1911 Pacific Reporter 117 741/2 Under the old rates the stations south from Seattle to Tukwila..were given a one-way rate of 10 cents and a return rate of 15 cents.

2008 Times (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Travel section) 30 United has cut-price transatlantic business-class fares until the summer. Return rates include: Chicago £1,471, Orlando and Tampa £1,265.

1942 Bird-banding 13 81 (heading) Return rate of wintering tree sparrows.

1976 D. L. Westby Clouded Vision 129 Larger institutions had a greater return rate, possibly because many presidents undoubtedly had their assistants complete the questionnaires and return them.

1990 S. Chan in V. Yans-McLaughlin Immigration Reconsidered ii. 39 Armenians, who were escaping persecution, likewise had a low return rate.

2008 Times (Nexis) 24 July 5 There are hopes of a higher-than-expected turnout, although this is based largely on a 73 per cent return rate for postal votes.