rate contract in a sentence

Examples

1. The LIFFE last year agreed to have its Euromark short-term interest rate contracts trade on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange during North American daytime hours.
2. Many physician groups and hospitals have shied away from the fixed-rate contracts because they either lost money from them or found them too risky.
3. The BIS said interest rate contracts were the most actively traded, rising 11 percent in the first quarter, compared with 3 percent for currency contracts.
4. Gazprom supplies one-quarter of the lucrative markets of Western Europe, which is easy business based on long-term, fixed-rate contracts.
5. But some corporations that buy the contracts favored the change because it would increase the number of triple-A rated contracts and help them diversify their investments.
6. The option of renewing special-rate contracts for up to 10 years at the same electric cost or shopping the market for an even cheaper electric supplier.
7. The implied rate for the September three-month interest rate contract rose 2 basis points in response to the franc's weakness to 4.13 percent.
8. In anticipation of a usage fee, Flashnet has put a clause in its flat-rate contracts that will allow the company to pass on any new charges.
9. But where profits are concerned, Suzuki said that most of the multi-national companies have a one-year fixed foreign exchange rate contract in US dollars.
10. As the above examples illustrate, a heat rate contract enables the customer to better control the price and to take advantage of downward movement in the gas market.