On the other hand, the quantity of business done by the notes, as distinct from the quantity of business done altogether, and the rapidity of the circulation of the notes may obviously be affected by sinister rumors.
But I do not undertake to assign figures showing proportions of business done.
We can get some light on the subject, however, by noting the volume of business done by credit paper and the balances which from time to time are carried as a basis of settlement.
We may conclude, therefore, that the volume of business done on credit gradually increases as the population and total amount of business are enlarged, but at a decreasing rate and with occasional or periodic retardations.
A railroad theoretically presents a clear example of an industry subject to the law of increasing returns--that is to say, an industry in which the cost of operation grows less rapidly than the volume of business done.
The most essential difference arises from the fact, already fully set forth, that a large proportion of railway expenditures are entirely independent of the amount of business done.
Only the first of these items varies in proportion to the amount of business done; the interest is a fixed charge, and the repairs have to be made with almost equal rapidity, whether the material wears out, rusts out, or washes out.
After Mr. Hatton had examined into the amount of business done, and compared the business with the capital and the various items presented to him, he expressed his opinion that the profits on the year should have been at least 100l.
These cards, therefore, show at all times the name and address of each customer, how much business each has done, and the total amount of business done in each town.
There were no printed circulars, except the monthly prices current of all kinds of produce, but brokers used to send particulars of business done to their customers in letters.
Previously there had not been enough business done in cotton to make it worth any person's while to devote himself to the buying and selling on commission of cotton only.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "business done" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
