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Water rate — Wa ter rate A rate or tax for a supply of water. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
water rate — noun 1. or water rent : a rate or tax for supply of water 2. : the amount of water in the form of condensed steam used by a turbine or engine for a given rate of energy output * * * water rate noun A rate or tax for the supply of water • • • … Useful english dictionary
water rate — water rates N COUNT: usu pl In Britain, the charges made for the use of water from the public water supply are known as the water rates … English dictionary
water-rate — noun rate per quarter for water from a public supply • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑charge … Useful english dictionary
Water privatization in Indonesia — began in February 1998 with the award of two 25 year water concessions to serve the city of Jakarta. A subsidiary of The French firm Ondeo (now Suez), called Palyja, was awarded the concession for the western part of the city and a subsidiary of… … Wikipedia
Water politics — Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by water and water resources.The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by John Waterbury, entitled Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, Syracuse University Press,… … Wikipedia
rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… … Financial and business terms
Water supply and sanitation in the Philippines — ervice qualityContinuity of supplyIn 2004, water supply was available on average for 18 hours each day in the West Zone of Metro Manila and 21 hours in the East Zone. According to their respective websites, the utility responsible for water… … Wikipedia
water — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O 2 a liquid consisting chiefly of this and found in seas, lakes, and rivers, in rain, and in secretions of organisms. 3 an… … Useful english dictionary
water rent — noun see water rate 1 … Useful english dictionary
