basing point

noun

1. a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.

Example Sentences

U.S. troops long have used Jordan, a kingdom bordering Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and Syria, as a basing point.

From Seattle Times

U.S. troops long have used Jordan, a kingdom bordering Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and Syria, as a basing point.

From Seattle Times

Meantime the steel industry was concerned with another and more fundamental aspect of steel prices � the basing point system of quotations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pittsburgh Plus was then replaced by the basing point system, which substituted a number of cities for Pittsburgh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Montana's Senator Burton Kendall Wheeler is earnestly trying to end the basing point once & for all with a bill introduced last month.

From Time Magazine Archive