peak rates
Top pricing periods
Peak rates are the highest prices charged during periods of maximum demand.
Utilities, phone companies, and travel services charge peak rates when usage surges—electricity during hot afternoons, phone calls during business hours, flights during holidays.
The opposite is off-peak rates: Call after nine to avoid peak rates.
Peak-hour or rush-hour traffic follows the same logic of concentrated demand.
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- highestTopmost in position
- primeReadying for action
- high seasonBusiest tourism time
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Reduced prices or Fed lending rates
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