Day Rate
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /day-rayt/
Also spelled or known as: Daily Rate
Plural: Day Rates
Related: Session Fee, Union Scale, Flat Fee
What does Day Rate mean? 1. A recording studio’s all day booking price. 2. A fixed amount paid to a professional for one day of work, regardless of the number of individual tasks completed during that period, subject to any agreed hourly or overtime limitations.
In the music industry, day rates are commonly paid to session musicians, producers, engineers, photographers, videographers, stagehands, tour personnel, designers, and other contractors.
Day Rate synonyms: Daily Rate, Daily Fee, Per-Day Rate
Example sentence: “The engineer charged a day rate for the twelve-hour recording session.”
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