To see the effect which these combinations have had on prices, let us examine the prices which have prevailed for two years past on these four articles, as shown in the following table: Table of wholesale prices (cents per lb.
This increase of price of about 7 cents per pound is a tax which affects, directly or indirectly, every person in the civilized world.
It would not be advisable to exclude meat entirely from the ration, but milk at 5 cents per quart is cheaper food than meat at 15 cents per pound.
For example: if milk is 5 cents per quart, two quarts or approximately four pounds, can be procured for 10 cents.
Right whale oil was formerly sold as low as twenty-five cents per gallon by the cargo; but now it brings in the market seventy and eighty cents per gallon by the quantity.
A few years since, the price of sperm oil by the quantity was only fifty to seventy-five cents per gallon; but now it brings one dollar and forty cents per gallon by the cargo.
On letters to British Columbia and Vancouver Island, in all cases to be prepaid, 10 cents per 1/2 oz.
On letters to Prince Edward Island, if prepaid, 3 cents per 1/2 oz.
On letters between any place in the Dominion and any place in the United States, 6 cents per 1/2 oz.
Plan the menu so that the cost of the materials used does not exceed 25 cents per person.
If it exceeds 20 cents per person, change the menu so that its cost comes within this amount.
Plan the menu so that the cost of the materials does not exceed 30 cents per person.
Afterward the price was allowed to recede to around 65 cents per share.
Manhattan Seyler-Humphrey stock, promoted by Patrick, Elliott & Camp at 25 cents per share, was now listed on the Goldfield and San Francisco stock exchanges.
The control of the Tonopah Extension Mining Company was bought by John McKane, later a member of the English House of Commons, from Thomas Lockhart at 15 cents per share.
In those early days my agency advertised Goldfield Laguna at 15 cents per share in order to finance the company for mine operations.
A simple paper, costing 15 to 35 cents per roll, is best, or even plain calcimine, which many persons consider more healthful.
It costs from 45 to 55 cents per yard, and the wadded cotton lining that goes with it is very cheap.
It is chiefly employed for metallurgical purposes, and sells at 3-1/3 Silver-groschen, or nearly 8 cents per cwt.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cents per" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
