Dictionary Definition
rate
Noun
1 amount of a charge or payment relative to some
basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" [syn:
charge per
unit]
2 a magnitude or frequency relative to a time
unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of
change was faster than expected"
3 the relative speed of progress or change; "he
lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of
events accelerated" [syn: pace]
Verb
1 assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank
these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food
guide" [syn: rank, range, order, grade, place]
2 be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This
bond rates highly"
3 estimate the value of; "How would you rate his
chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the
Romans" [syn: value]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
, from rata, from prō ratā parte "according to a fixed part", from ratus "fixed", from rērī "consider, decide".Noun
- An amount measured in
relation to another
amount.
- The car was travelling at a rate of speed of fifty kilometres per hour.
- A price or fee
determined in
relation to a particular scale or standard.
- The central bank sets an interest rate.
- A price per unit for a
service or product.
- Postal rates here are low.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
- A measure of the frequency of a given event,
typically expressed as the number of occurrences of the event for
every thousand or hundred thousand people in the total population
considered.
- The mortality rate in the country was unusually high.
- Wages calculated in relation to a
unit of time.
- The pay rate is ten dollars per hour.
- A level of quality.
- This textbook is first rate.
Translations
an amount measured in relation to another amount
a price or fee determined in relation to a
particular scale or standard
a price per unit for a service or product
relative speed
- German: Rate
- Japanese: 割合; qualifier production speed 生産速度; 成長率
- Russian: скорость (skórost’) , темп (temp)
- Spanish: velocidad
statistics: a measure of the frequency of a
given event
- Japanese: qualifier mortality rate 死亡率
- Russian: уровень (úroven’)
wages calculated in relation to a unit of time
a level of quality
- Japanese: 級
Translations to be checked
Ratio
- ttbc Arabic:
- ttbc Chinese: 比率 (bǐlǜ)
- ttbc Dutch: verhouding
- ttbc French: proportion
- ttbc German: Verhältnis
- ttbc Italian: proporzione
- ttbc Korean: 비율 (biyul)
- ttbc Portuguese: razão
- ttbc Spanish: proporción
- ttbc Swedish: proportion
See also
Verb
- To assign or be
assigned a particular rank
or level.
- She is rated fourth in the country.
- To evaluate or
estimate the value of.
- They rate his talents highly.
- To consider or
regard.
- He rated this book brilliant.
- To deserve; to be
worth.
- The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
- To determine the
limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
- (chiefly ) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- To like; to think
highly of.
- The customers don't rate the new burgers.
- To have position
(in a certain class).
- She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
- He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
- She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
- To have value or standing.
- This last performance of her's didn't rate very high with the judges.
Etymology 2
Verb
- To berate.
Translations
See to berate.French
Pronunciation
- /ʁat/, X-SAMPA: /Rat/
Noun
fr-noun f- The spleen.
Verb
- (third person singular present tense form of rater) Fails or misses (sense 5).
German
Verb
rate- Imperative of raten.
- Rate mal wer gerade gekommen ist! - Guess who's just arrived.
Noun
rate- A raft.
Italian
Noun
rate- Plural of rata
Extensive Definition
Rate or rates may refer to:
- Rate (mathematics), a specific kind of ratio, in which two measurements are related to each other
- Rates (tax), a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- Naval rating, a term used to designate speciality or rank of naval officials
- Rates, a Portuguese parish and town located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim
- Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE), a young Earth creationist research project
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
VAT,
abuse, account, ad valorem duty,
admonish, alcohol tax,
alphabetize,
amount, amusement tax,
analyze, antecede, anyhow, anyway, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arithmetical
proportion, arrange,
assay, assess, assessment on default,
assort, at all events, at
any rate, bank rate, bark at, bawl out, be deserving, be entitled
to, be regarded, be thought of, be worthy of, berate, betongue, blacken, break down, bring to
book, calculate,
calibrate, caliper, call, call to account, capital
gains tax, capitation, capitation tax,
career, caste, catalog, categorize, censure, charge, chastise, check a parameter,
chew out, chide, class, classification, classify, clip, codify, come before, come first,
compensatory interest, compound interest, compute, condition, continued fraction,
conversion factor, corporation tax, correct, cost, count, customs, customs duty, damage, death duty, death tax,
decrease, deserve, dial, digest, discount rate, divide, doomage, dress down, duty, earn, echelon, estate duty, estate
tax, estimate, evaluate, evaluation, excess profits
tax, excise, excise tax,
execrate, exorbitant
interest, expenditure, expense, export tax, face, face value, fair-trade,
fathom, federal tax,
fee, figure, file, fix, footing, form an estimate,
fraction, front, fulminate against, gabelle, gait, gauge, geometric ratio, gift tax,
give an appreciation, go ahead of, go before, go in advance,
grade, graduate, gross interest,
group, guess, harmonic proportion, have
priority, have words with, head, head tax, head the table,
head up, hierarchy,
import tax, improper fraction, in any case, in any event, income
tax, increase, index, inheritance tax, interest, interest rate,
internal revenue tax, jaw,
judge, kick off, kind, land tax, lead, lead off, lecture, lick, liquor tax, list, load with reproaches, local
tax, lucrative interest, luxury tax, make an estimation, mark, market value, measure, mensurate, merit, mete, meter, mortgage points, net
interest, net worth, notwithstanding,
nuisance tax, number,
objurgate, order, outrank, pace, par value, parcel, penal interest, pennyworth, percent, percentage, personal property
tax, pigeonhole,
place, plumb, poll, poll tax, position, power structure,
precede, precedence, premium, price, price of money, price tag,
prize, probe, progress, property tax,
property-increment tax, proportion, protective
tariff, provincial tax, quantify, quantize, quota, quote a price, quotum, rag, rail, rail at, range, rank, rate of interest, rates, rating, ratio, rave against, rebuke, reckon, reduce, regardless, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revenue tariff,
revile, rule of three,
sales tax, salt tax, scale, school tax, scold, score, set at, set down, set
straight, severance tax, simple interest, size, size up, sort, sound, span, spank, specific duty, speed, sphere, stage, stand first, standing, state tax, station, status, step, straighten out, stride, subdivide, survey, tab, tabulate, take a reading, take
down, take precedence, take to task, tariff, tariff duty, telephone
tax, thunder against, toll,
tongue-lash, travel,
tread, triangulate, type, upbraid, use tax, usher in,
usury, valorize, valuate, valuation, value, value added tax, value
received, velocity,
vilify, vituperate, weigh, window tax, worth, yell at, yelp
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