11. Like a fixed charge , a floating charge can be created by a contract with a company before insolvency. 12. The company reported an earnings-to-fixed charges ratio of 6 . 46 for the six months ended June 30. 13. It was not a fixed charge , so section 175 ( 2 ) ( b ) applies to it. 14. In February, the government announced increases of as much as 37 percent in local call and fixed charges . 15. But unlike a fixed charge , a floating charge need not refer to a specific asset of the company. 16. This early embryonic version of the Association induction hypothesis was called Ling's Fixed Charge Hypothesis ( LFCH ). 17. "It's a fixed charge ." 18. To find the consent in question in the original agreement would turn every floating charge into a fixed charge . 19. Where meters are installed, tariffs are typically volumetric ( per usage ), sometimes combined with a small monthly fixed charge . 20. The other problem in duplicating the experimental conditions is the problem of maintaining fixed charge density in the two baths.