differentially

differential | American Dictionary

differential
noun[ C ]
us/ˌdɪf·əˈren·ʃəl/
the difference between two amounts:
There’s anywhere from a $1000 to $2400 price differential between the vehicles.

differential

adjectiveus/ˌdɪf·əˈren·ʃəl/
The contract includes a 35-cent per hour increase in night shift differential pay.

differential | Business English

differential
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌdɪfəˈrenʃəl/us
HR
a difference in pay between different industries or between groups of employees within an organization:
a pay/wage/salary differential
maintain/reduce/justify a differentialIn order to maintain differentials we propose a 3% increase for all pay grades.
ECONOMICS, COMMERCE
a difference in an amount, for example, a difference in price between the same product sold in different areas:
a price/cost differentialThe company is free to maintain the price differential between a low price market such as the USA and a high price market such as the UK.
When the interest rate differential between the euro and other currencies changes, foreign exchange dealers react.
STOCK MARKET
an extra charge added to the price of shares when they are sold in a quantity that is less than the usual quantity:
The differential for odd lots (fewer than 100 shares) is added to the price for the purchaser.
differential
adjective
ukus
treating different groups of people or things differently:
The WTO recognizes the need for differential treatment for developing countries.

differentially

adverb/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃəli/
Differentially priced pharmaceuticals are priced at a lower rate for developing countries.

Examples of differential

differential
One can restrict of course to the unit bundle, that is consider normalized integrable quadratic differentials.
A similar analysis is carried out for real regional wage differentials, though with more difficulty because of measurement errors in price differences.
Moreover, they are consistent with evidence of wage differentials elsewhere.
What is remarkable, however, is that these differentials are not greater.
Also, all potential effects of fertility differentials between migrants and members of the incumbent population become immaterial.
By contrast, many employers today prefer hybrid plans, because they smooth compensation differentials by age and soften the incentives for early retirement.
In the early years, there was little credit arbitrage between different bond markets, and swaps were used to take advantage of the interest-rate differentials.
The slight increase in the capital stock induces a rise of wage differentials.
Although commuters from the same suburb face similar time and comfort differentials between various modes, they do not all choose the same mode.
He says floating rates will very nicely equilibrate for inflationary differentials, structural differences, and the business cycle.
The paper shows that these relations do not fit the ' partnership' model of donor discourse, but rather involve competition for influence based on power differentials.
Careful analysis reveals, however, subtle but important distinctions between the findings produced from the two sets of data, especially on rural and urban differentials.
Increases granted as percentages on the prevailing rates only served to accentuate the wage differentials between occupations and the disparities between mills.
The age differentials for women are remarkably clear, but both age and gender differentials in old age are narrowing.
Such distortions may have nothing to do with ' selfish ' behaviour, but may be caused by mutation accumulation causing fitness differentials.
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Collocations withdifferential

differential

These are words often used in combination with differential.

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cost differential
This is herein referred to as the opportunity costdifferential.
gender differential
Thus, criminality does not seem to be the explanation for the gender differential in our results.
goal differential
They ended with a goal differential of 23, the worst of any national team in any major competition.
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