flips and gasmeters

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 3/8/01 6:57:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM writes:

<< A number of states issued mills or mill-tokens to pay
 state sales tax.  Now they just round-up to the
 nearest cent. >>

That should be "round to the nearest cent."

"Round-up" (generally without the hyphen) means "to change to the next
highest cut-oiff level.  Here it would mean "to change to the next highest
cent" and would imply that a 6% sales tax on a sale of one cent would result
in a one-cent sales tax being levied.

            - Jim Landau
              Systems Engineer
              FAA Technical Center (ACT-350/BCI)
              Atlantic City Airport NJ 08405