Under the new system, the state would pay a flat rate for each child.
But under the old system, everybody paid the same flat rate.
We need, for example, to create something like a flat rate.
Under the union's current contract, summer school teachers make a flat rate of about $33 an hour.
Instead of the flat rate, consumers pay according to how much water they use.
In the past, residents paid a flat rate for water use.
I used a girl friend's telephone that was on a flat rate.
Others argue that the flat rate would have to be higher, at least 21 percent, and perhaps more.
The changes could lead to a flat rate for long-distance service.
The association usually paid the hospital a weekly flat rate.
