http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticl...While VC investments in Silicon Valley for networking companies, IT services and semiconductors have declined rapidly in the past few years, these same sectors are attracting VC funding in India at a growing clip, the panelist of VCs agreed.
http://www.heraldnews.com/columnists/x253019627Speeding fines are doubled through construction zones, yet no one seems to realize it. It amazes me when I see traffic going by at a fast clip like there is nothing going on.
http://corpora.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/Developers far outnumber them, and the county's agricultural land has been vanishing at a sharp clip since the late 1960s. (source: Wall Street Journal 1990)
Seventy-seven percent of Quebec's exports go outside Canada, mostly to the U.S., and are rising at a more rapid clip than Canada's as a whole. (source: Wall Street Journal 1990)
The report also showed a jump in exports during September, bolstering speculation that the economy will continue to expand at a healthy clip. (source: Wall Street Journal 1987)
http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/C0410700.htmlThe American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed.:
clip1
NOUN: [...]
6. Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clipRandom House Unabridged Dictionary:
clip1
–noun [...]
21. rate; pace: at a rapid clip.
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/clip.htmlEncarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition]:
noun (plural clips)
Definition: [...]
4. rate of motion: the speed at which somebody or something moves ( informal )
Food prices shot up at their fastest clip in years.
http://www.macquariedictionary.com.auThe Macquarie Dictionary:
clip1
--noun [...]
19. Colloquial rate; pace: at a rapid clip.
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/feat...Chambers 21st Century Dictionary:
clip1 noun [...] 4 colloq speed; rapid speed • going at a fair clip
LEO:
rate - degree of speed die Geschwindigkeit
pace die Geschwindigkeit
pace das Tempo
rate das Tempo