in the off-peak period

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• off-peak period — /ɒf pi:k ˌpɪəriəd/ noun the time when business is less busy …   Marketing dictionary in english

• off-peak — /ˈɒf pik / (say of peek) adjective 1. of or relating to a period of time of less activity than at the peak time: off peak train services. 2. Electricity (of the load on a power supply system) lower than the maximum. 3. (of a hot water or other… …  

• off-peak — /awf peek , of /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off peak travel season; off peak train fares. 2. lower than the maximum: off peak production. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium

• off-peak heater — /ɒf pik ˈhitə/ (say of peek heetuh) noun a type of electric heater which uses off peak power to heat iron or ceramic bricks, which retain heat until the next off peak period …  

• off-peak — adjective During a period of less use or demand than the maximum (peak), generally overnight. Phone calls on weekdays between 18:00 and 08:00 the following day are charged at an off peak tariff, lower than peak, but higher than weekend …   Wiktionary

• off-peak — adjective Date: 1920 not being in the period of maximum use or business ; not peak < telephone rates during off peak hours > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Peak-load pricing — is a pricing technique applied to public goods, which is a particular case of a Lindahl equilibrium. Instead of different demands for the same public good, we consider the demands for a public good in different periods of the day, month or year,… …   Wikipedia

• Off-Peak —   The period of low energy demand, as opposed to maximum, or peak, demand …   Energy terms

• Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period — The Temple Mount …   Wikipedia

• off-peak — not during the busy period, when there is lower demand …   English contemporary dictionary

• Witch trials in the Early Modern period — Punishments for witchcraft in 16th century Germany. Woodcut from Tengler s Laienspiegel, Mainz, 1508. The Witch trials in the Early Modern period were a period of witch hunts between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,[1] when across Early… …   Wikipedia