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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rack rate #134984 11/06/2004 5:01 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass full hotel room price before discounts: the full price chargeable for a hotel room before any discounts ©MSN Encarta this term only shows up online at Encarta and travel glossaries, but a reader suggests it relates to: rack-rent (also rack rent or rackrent) a rent equal or nearly equal to the full annual value of the property: an excessive or unreasonably high rent; spec. in English law, a rent of at least two thirds of the annual value of the property has anyone come across either term? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rack rate #134985 11/06/2004 5:32 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... No, I haven't ever heard either term. The landlord who requires rack-rent is a rack monster of a different color. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rack rate #134986 11/07/2004 1:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky My first thought was that it is related to the term, "off the rack"; to my knowledge used disparagingly as a comparison to having clothes made. Cheaper, in other words; so that doesn't seem to fit, here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rack rate #134987 11/07/2004 2:26 AM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 96 Illinois amnow journeyman amnow journeyman Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 96 Illinois Could this be from the naval "rack"? The bed for a sailor's use, not necessarily, but usually, at sea. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rack rate #134988 11/08/2004 11:45 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Behind or alongside a hotel's reception desk there is often a display board that shows, one above the other, the different standards of accommodation available in the hotel with a nightly rate beside each one (single, double, suite etc). I am told that the board used to be called 'the rack', hence the term 'rack rate'. At many hotels it is possible to get a considerable reduction on those rates, but at times of high demand you may end up having to pay the full rack rate. As it happens, I'm going through one of those battles at the moment! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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