Charge Per Unit (Noun)
Meaning
Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5".
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The charge per unit for the utility bill is determined by the company based on the usage.
- To determine the charge per unit for electricity, you must consider both the generation and transmission costs.
- It was hard to budget without knowing the charge per unit for data usage abroad.
- You have to know the charge per unit of water before deciding to purchase that irrigation system.
- Under this rate structure, the charge per unit decreases as consumption increases.