 | Daniel Adams - 1839 - 268 pages
...$763'37£; how much must he sell them for to ^ain 15 per cent. ? Ans. $ 877'881. IT 82. COMMISSION is an allowance of so much per cent to a person called a correspondent, factor, or broker, for as sisting merchants and others in purchasing and selling goods.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1841 - 282 pages
...$ 763'37J ; how much must he sell them for to gain 15 per cent. ? Ans. $ 877'8S1. U 82. COMMISSION is an allowance of so much per cent, to a person called a correspondent, /actor, or broker, for as sistiog merchants and others in purchasing and selling goods.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1842 - 268 pages
...Insurance, or any thing else estimated at a rate. per c.eiit. CO>IMTSSION, ^ IS an allowance of so mticli per cent: to a factor or correspondent abroad, for buying and selling goods for his employer. EXAMPLE8. 1. What will the commission of 843/ 10g. come to at 5 per cent. ? £. *. Or thus, 645 10... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 260 pages
...also to calculate Commission, Brokerage, Insurance, or any thing else estimated at a rate per cent. COMMISSION, IS an allowance of so much per cent. to...abroad, for buying and selling goods for his employer. EXAMPLES. t»t \vill the comimsw.vi of 843/ I 0f. come t« at £. *. Or thus, 843 10 • £. *. 5 "5... | |
 | Alfred Crowquill - Arithmetic - 1843 - 156 pages
...3 cwt. ; but when different, another divisor must be substituted in proportion to the given rates. Is an allowance of so much per cent, to a factor or agent, employed in buying or selling goods, or transacting business in general for their employers.... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...days ? Ans. 49/. 10s. 0frf. COMMISSION, BROKERAGE, INSURANCE, AND BUYING AND SELLING OF STOCK.» - COMMISSION is an allowance of so much per cent, to...buying and selling goods for his employer. BROKERAGE is a similar allowance made to a person called a Broker, for assisting merchants or factors in procuring... | |
 | David E. Smith - Mathematics - 1958 - 756 pages
...the roth century Pike's arithmetic (8th ed., p. 204 (\ew York, 1816)) has the definition: "Factorage, Is an allowance of so much per cent, to a Factor or Correspondent, for buying and selling goods." It defines a broker as a merchant's assistant in buying or selling.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1825 - 258 pages
...cal» culate Commission, Brokerage, Insurance, or any thing else ectimated at a rate per cent. ? 4 COMMISSION, IS an allowance of so much per cent.,...correspondent abroad, for buying and selling goods for hit employer. EXAMPLES. £. s. Or thus, 843 10 £. s. 5 £5 is ^o)843 10 42) 17 10 tins. =£42 S 6... | |
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COMMISSION, IS an allowance of so much per cent., to a factor or correspondent abroad, for buying and selling goods for his employer. 
