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basing point
noun
- a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
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But, in many other cases, market competition from other centres of supply set the limit to the rate at the basing point.
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The second, the basing point system, is found throughout the southern states east of the Mississippi.
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This last argument is the main economic defence of the southern basing point system.
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This basing point system, although not absolutely confined to the South, has been more highly developed here than elsewhere.
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Analyzing these several grounds of defence, a distinction should be made at the start between three varieties of basing point.
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