Etymology : Middle English
Pronunciation : rAt
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. ratio, proportion between two things; price, cost; speed, pace; tax, assessment. assess, appraise, determine value; grade, classify, sort. rate\rate\, v. i.
2. to be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
3. to make an estimate.rate \rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. rated; p. pr. & vb. n. rating.].
4. to set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree. to rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. you seem not high enough your joys to rate.
5. to assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
6. to settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
7. to ratify. [obs.] "to rate the truce.".
8. To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
9. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
10. That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
11. Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
12. A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
13. Order; arrangement.
14. Ratification; approval.
15. The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
16. The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
17. The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
18. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
19. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
20. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
21. To ratify.
22. To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
23. To make an estimate. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" 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" assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly".
24. 1. The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow The world's tropical forests are disappearing at an even faster rate than experts had thought.
25. The rate at which something happens is the number of times it happens over a period of time. New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week His heart rate was 30 beats per minute slower.
26. A rate is the amount of money that is charged for goods or services. Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p at all other times. specially reduced rates for travellers using Gatwick Airport see also:
exchange rate.
27. The rate of taxation or interest is the amount of tax or interest that needs to be paid. It is expressed as a percentage of the amount that is earned, gained as profit, or borrowed. The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts.
28. If you rate someone or something as good or bad, you consider them to be good or bad. You can also say that someone or something rates as good or bad. Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible Most rated it a hit We rate him as one of the best She rated the course highly Reading books does not rate highly among Britons as a leisure activity. the most highly rated player in English football.
29. If you rate someone or something, you think that they are good. It's flattering to know that other clubs have shown interest and seem to rate me.
30. If someone or something is rated at a particular position or rank, they are calculated or considered to be in that position on a list. He is generally rated Italy's No. 3 industrialist He came here rated 100th on the tennis computer.
31. If you say that someone or something rates a particular reaction, you mean that this is the reaction you consider to be appropriate. This is so extraordinary, it rates a medal and a phone call from the President = merit see also:
rating.
32. You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise. She modestly suggests that `sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'.
33. You use at any rate to indicate that the important thing is what you are saying now, and not what was said before. Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.
34. If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing. At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine. To express reproof. discount rate bank rate exchange rate reaction rate.
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