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Definition of 'rate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rate
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
a high rate of interest on loans.

2.  rate
a certain amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing :
at the rate of 60 miles an hour.

3.  rate
a fixed charge per unit of quantity:
a rate of 10 cents a pound.

4.  rate
degree of speed or progress:
to work at a rapid rate.

5.  rate
assigned position in any of a series of graded classes; rating.

6.  rate
the premium charge per unit of insurance.

7.  rate
a charge by a common carrier for transportation.

8.  rate
a wage paid on a specified time basis:
an hourly rate.

9. (v.t.) rate
to estimate the value or worth of; appraise.

10.  rate
to esteem, consider, or account:
He is rated a fine writer.

11.  rate
to fix at a certain rate, as of charge or payment.

12.  rate
to value for purposes of taxation or the like.

13.  rate
to make subject to the payment of a certain rate or tax.

14.  rate
to place in a certain rank or class, as a ship or a sailor.

15. (v.i.) rate
to have value or standing:
a performance that didn't rate very high.

16.  rate
in any event; in any case.

17.  rate
at least.

18. (v.i.) rate
to chide vehemently.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (a)raten, perh. < Scand)

Definition of 'rate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rate
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"

2. (noun) rate, charge per unit
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
"a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"

3. (noun) pace, rate
the relative speed of progress or change
"he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"

4. (verb) rate
a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
"the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate"

5. (verb) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

6. (verb) rate
be worthy of or have a certain rating
"This bond rates highly"

7. (verb) rate, value
estimate the value of
"How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"

Definition of 'rate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rate
the frequency with which sth happens or is done
the rising/falling unemployment rate; The rate of cancer deaths has gone up/down.

2.  rate
the speed sth happens
the rate of change; a fast/slow heart rate

3.  rate
the amount of money charged per hour, day, unit of work, etc.
the rate of pay; the rate per hour

4.  rate
the going rate
the price or fee usually charged
What's the going rate for babysitting these days?

5.  rate
at this rate
indicates you think sth is happening too slowly
At this rate we'll never get finished in time.

Definition of 'rate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rate
established portion or measure; fixed allowance

2. (noun) rate
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

3. (noun) rate
valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation

4. (noun) rate
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

5. (noun) rate
order; arrangement

6. (noun) rate
ratification; approval

7. (noun) rate
the gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc

8. (noun) rate
the order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc

9. (noun) rate
the class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc

10. rate
to chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently

11. (verb) rate
to set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree

12. (verb) rate
to assess for the payment of a rate or tax

13. (verb) rate
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

14. (verb) rate
to ratify

15. (verb) rate
to be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line

16. (verb) rate
to make an estimate

Translation of 'rate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory.
Afrikaans: koers	Arabic: مُعَدَّل	Bulgarian: скорост
Brazilian: taxa	Czech: počet	German: die Rate
Danish: frekvens	Greek: ποσοστό	Spanish: tasa,índice
Estonian: määr	Farsi: میزان	Finnish: määrä
French: taux, pourcentage	Hebrew: קֶצֶב	Hindi: दर
Croatian: stopa	Hungarian: arány, ráta	Indonesian: angka
Icelandic: tíðni, hlutfall, prósenta	Italian: tasso, percentuale	Japanese: 率
Korean: 발생 횟수	Lithuanian: dažnumas, vidutinis skaič	Latvian: daudzums; skaits (laika p
Malay: kadar	Dutch: aantal	Norwegian: prosent, tall, hyppighet
Polish: przeciętna (liczba)	Persian: میزان	Pashto: ارزښت
Portuguese: taxa	Romanian: rată, procent(aj)	Russian: норма; коэффициент
Slovak: počet, stupeň	Slovenian: odstotek	Serbian: stopa
Swedish: tal, siffra	Thai: อัตรา	Turkish: oran, nisbet
Taiwanese: 率	Ukrainian: коефіцієнт	Urdu: شرح
Vietnamese: tỷ lệ	Chinese: 率
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