Word Frequency
rate1 (reɪt
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Definitions
noun
- a quantity or amount considered in relation to or measured against another quantity
or amount ⇒
a rate of 70 miles an hour
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- a price or charge with reference to a standard or scale ⇒
rate of interest
,rate of discount
- (as modifier) ⇒
a rate card
- a price or charge with reference to a standard or scale ⇒
- a charge made per unit for a commodity, service, etc
- See rates
- the relative speed of progress or change of something variable; pace ⇒
he works at a great rate
,the rate of production has doubled
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- relative quality; class or grade
- (in combination) ⇒
first-rate ideas
- (statistics) a measure of the frequency of occurrence of a given event, such as births and deaths, usually expressed as the number of times the event occurs for every thousand of the total population considered
- a wage calculated against a unit of time
- the amount of gain or loss of a timepiece
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See at any rate
verb
- also intr to assign or receive a position on a scale of relative values; rank ⇒
he is rated fifth in the world
- to estimate the value of; evaluate ⇒
we rate your services highly
- to be worthy of; deserve ⇒
this hotel does not rate four stars
- to consider; regard ⇒
I rate him among my friends
- (British) to assess the value of (property) for the purpose of local taxation
- (slang) to think highly of ⇒
the clients do not rate the new system
Word Origin
C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte according to a fixed proportion, from ratus fixed, from rērī to think, deciderate2 (reɪt
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Definitions
verb
- tr to scold or criticize severely; rebuke harshly
Word Origin
C14: perhaps related to Swedish rata to chideSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'rate'
- British English: rate The rate at which something happens is the speed or frequency with which it happens....the rate at which hair grows.reɪt NOUN
- Arabic: مُعَدِّل
- Brazilian Portuguese: velocidademedida
- Chinese: 比率
- Croatian: stopa
- Czech: rychlost
- Danish: hastighed
- Dutch: snelheid
- European Spanish: ritmovelocidad
- Finnish: tahti
- French: taux
- German: Rate
- Greek: ρυθμόςταχύτητα
- Italian: tasso
- Japanese: 割合
- Korean: 비율
- Norwegian: takt
- Polish: tempo
- Portuguese: velocidademedida
- Romanian: viteza viteze
- Russian: норма
- Spanish: ritmoíndice, porcentaje
- Swedish: hastighet
- Thai: อัตรา
- Turkish: oran
- Ukrainian: швидкість
- Vietnamese: tốc độ
- British English: rate If you rate someone or something as good or bad, you consider them to be good or bad.The film was rated excellent.reɪt VERB
- Arabic: يُقَدِّرُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: classificar
- Chinese: 评估
- Croatian: ocijeniti
- Czech: pokládatza dobré/špatné
- Danish: vurdere som
- Dutch: beoordelen
- European Spanish: considerarjuzgar
- Finnish: luokitella
- French: classernoter
- German: bewerten
- Greek: αποτιμώ
- Italian: valutare
- Japanese: 評価する
- Korean: 평가하다
- Norwegian: vurdere
- Polish: ocenić oceniać
- Portuguese: classificar
- Romanian: a cota
- Russian: оценивать
- Spanish: considerarvalorar
- Swedish: klassa
- Thai: ประเมิน
- Turkish: oranlamak
- Ukrainian: оцінювати оцінити
- Vietnamese: đánh giá
Example Sentences Including 'rate'
A spokesman, said:'We think 4.33 % on a current account with base rate at 5.5 % is sustainable.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Act immediately and you will put up your success rate by 95 %.A WITCH ALONE
I haven't the time to waste dragging her to Hythria by force, at any rate.TREASON KEEP (2001)
Interest will be charged daily at an annual rate of 8 per cent, roughly twice the average bank loan rate.Irish Times (2002)
Last year in the Financial District the rate was forty dollars a square foot.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
RICS blames the decrease in activity on the Bank of England's recent back-to-back interest rate increases.Country Life (2004)
Scotland's house prices rose by 1.6 % during the first quarter, twice the rate of the UK average.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The British rate is closely followed by the Danish, at 15.5.Irish Times (2002)
The sergeant must have told him what was happening, or what little he knew, at any rate.TREASON KEEP (2001)
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