Re: High rates, element of surprise
- From: tony cooper <tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:09:44 -0400
On 25 Jul 2007 22:19:06 -0700, LearningCat <fairycat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ok, I want to ask you about today's daily Dilbert.
woman : I can't stop punching people who deserve to be punched.
For examples, your high rates and ridiculous combover
make me want to punch your face in.
man : But you won't, right?
woman : Let's see what happens when I regain element of surprise.
So, here, I understand combover. But what's supposed to mean by "your
high rates"?
And, is last sentence supposed to be funny? I don't think I
understood.
She is seeing a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists charge high fees. Rates
= fees.
"Rates" would not normally be the choice for a word to describe a
physician's fees, but it is here.
Rates: noun
1 a : reckoned value : VALUATION b obsolete : ESTIMATION
2 obsolete : a fixed quantity
3 a : a fixed ratio between two things b : a charge, payment, or price
fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard: as (1) : a charge per
unit of a public-service commodity (2) : a charge per unit of freight
or passenger service (3) : a unit charge or ratio used in assessing
property taxes (4) British : a local tax
4 a : a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of
something else <her typing rate was 80 words per minute> b : an amount
of payment or charge based on another amount; specifically : the
amount of premium per unit of insurance
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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