Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms for: affiliate. affiliate. In general: two companies are affiliated when one owns less than a majority of the voting stock of the other, or when both are subsidiaries of a third company.
1 Generally, window cleaning costs $2-$7 per pane. 2  For a 1,300-square foot home with 20 panes, the cost would run $40-$140. 3  For a 2,200-square foot home with 28 panes, the price would average $56-$196.4  Self-cleaning windows can be made easier with the proper tools. Some companies average the cost of sliding doors with small bathroom windows, to cut the price. 2  Some cleaners will include sills and tracks. 3  If not, the price runs .50 cents-$5. 4  While second-story work is generally charged the same as single story, third and fourth-floor ladder work runs $3-$5 extra per window.
When washing clothing at home, consumers pay about 36 cents for the energy to run the washing machine for one load of laundry, 40 cents for energy for the dryer and 11 cents for water. The estimate does not include cleaning products or equipment costs. The average cost of a washing machine is about $700. It has a lifespan of about nine and a half years, assuming that one load of clothing is washed per day. A dryer costs about $600 and lasts about 11 years. Based on the savings by washing at home versus at a laundromat, it takes about 610 loads of laundry to recoup the cost of purchasing a washer and dryer.