Definitions for rate
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 10 votes

1. ratenoun

   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. rate, charge per unitnoun

   amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis

   "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"

3. pace, ratenoun

   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. rateverb

   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. rate, rank, range, order, grade, placeverb

   assign a rank or rating to

   "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

6. rateverb

   be worthy of or have a certain rating

   "This bond rates highly"

7. rate, valueverb

   estimate the value of

   "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"

GCIDERate this definition:3.3 / 6 votes

1. Rateverb

   To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate. Spenser.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RATEnoun

   Etymology: ratus, Lat. rate, old Fr.

   1. Price fixed on any thing.

   How many things do we value, because they come at dear rates from Japan and China, which if they were our own manufacture, common to be had, and for a little money, would be neglected? John Locke.

   I’ll not betray the glory of my name,
   ’Tis not for me, who have preserv’d a state,
   To buy an empire at so base a rate. Dryden.

   The price of land has never changed, in the several changes have been made in the rate of interest by law; nor now that the rate of interest is by law the same, is the price of land every where the same. John Locke.

   2. Allowance settled.

   His allowance was a continual allowance, a daily rate for every day. 2 Kings xxv. 30.

   They obliged themselves to remit after the rate of twelve hundred thousand pounds sterling per annum, divided into so many monthly payments. Addison.

   3. Degree; comparative height or valour.

   I am a spirit of no common rate;
   The summer still doth tend upon my state. William Shakespeare.

   I have disabled mine estate,
   By shewing something a more swelling port,
   Than my faint means would grant continuance;
   Nor do I now make moan to be abridged
   From such a noble rate. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other mens, in that he was so infinitely merciful. Edmund Calamy, Sermons.

   To which relation whatsoever is done agreeably, is morally and essentially good; and whatsoever is done otherwise, is at the same rate morally evil. South.

   4. Quantity assignable.

   In goodly form comes on the enemy;
   And by the ground they hide, I judge their number
   Upon or near the rate of thirty thousand. William Shakespeare.

   5. That which sets value.

   Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was very different from what it is now-a-days: no man was then accounted a wit for speaking such things, as deserved to have the tongue cut out. Robert South, Sermons.

   A virtuous heathen is, at this rate, as happy as a virtuous christian. Francis Atterbury.

   6. Manner of doing any thing; degree to which any thing is done.

   Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   Tom hinting his dislike of some trifle his mistress had said, she asked him how he would talk to her after marriage, if he talked at this rate before? Addison.

   7. Tax imposed by the parish.

   They paid the church and parish rate,
   And took, but read not the receipt. Matthew Prior.

2. To Rateverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To value at a certain price.

   I freely told you, all the wealth I had
   Ran in my veins, I was a gentleman;
   And yet, dear lady,
   Rating myself as nothing, you shall see
   How much I was a braggart. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

   We may there be instructed, how to name and rate all goods, by those that will concentre into felicity. Boyle.

   You seem not high enough your joys to rate,
   You stand indebted a vast sum to fate,
   And should large thanks for the great blessing pay. Dryden.

   2. [ Reita, Islandick.]To chide hastily and vehemently.

   Go rate thy minions, proud insulting boy,
   Becomes it thee to be thus bold in terms
   Before thy sovereign. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

   An old lord of the council rated me the other day in the street about you, Sir. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

   What is all that a man enjoys, from a year’s converse, comparable to what he feels for one hour, when his conscience shall take him aside and rate him by himself. South.

   If words are sometimes to be used, they ought to be grave, kind and sober, representing the ill or unbecomingness of the faults, rather than a hasty rating of the child for it. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rate

   The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) is a creationist apologetics institute in Dallas, Texas, that specializes in media promotion of pseudoscientific creation science and interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative as a historical event. The ICR adopts the Bible as an inerrant and literal documentary of scientific and historical fact as well as religious and moral truths, and espouses a Young Earth creationist worldview. It rejects evolutionary biology, which it views as a corrupting moral and social influence and threat to religious belief. The ICR was formed by Henry M. Morris in 1972 following an organizational split with the Creation Science Research Center (CSRC).Its work in the field of creation science has been rejected by mainstream science, but has been significant in shaping creationist thought in the United States by introducing creation science through fundamentalist churches and religious schools, and by engaging in public debates against supporters of evolution. The ICR also offers unaccredited graduate level programs in Biblical Apologetics, including a minor in Creation Research. The ICR also operates the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History museum in Dallas, Texas.

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1. Rate

   Rate can refer to a measure of the speed, frequency, or amount of something occurring or changing over a specific period of time. It can also be used to describe a fixed charge or cost for a service, or the ratio between two different quantities or values.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 7 votes

1. Rate

   to chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently

2. Ratenoun

   established portion or measure; fixed allowance

3. Ratenoun

   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

4. Ratenoun

   valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation

5. Ratenoun

   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

6. Ratenoun

   order; arrangement

7. Ratenoun

   ratification; approval

8. Ratenoun

   the gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc

9. Ratenoun

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

10. Ratenoun

    the class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc

11. Rateverb

    to set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree

12. Rateverb

    to assess for the payment of a rate or tax

13. Rateverb

    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. Rateverb

    to ratify

15. Rateverb

    to be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line

16. Rateverb

    to make an estimate

17. Etymology: [Perh. fr. E. rate, v. t., to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel. hrat refuse, hrati rubbish.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. Rate

   In mathematics, a rate is a ratio between two measurements with different units. If the unit or quantity in respect of which something is changing is not specified, usually the rate is per unit time. However, a rate of change can be specified per unit time, or per unit of length or mass or another quantity. The most common type of rate is "per unit time", such as speed, heart rate and flux. Ratios that have a non-time denominator include exchange rates, literacy rates and electric flux. In describing the units of a rate, the word "per" is used to separate the units of the two measurements used to calculate the rate. A rate defined using two numbers of the same units or counts will result in a dimensionless quantity, which can be expressed as a percentage or fraction or as a multiple. Often rate is a synonym of rhythm or frequency, a count per second; e.g., radio frequencies or heart rate or sample rate.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Rate

   rāt, n. a ratio or proportion: allowance: standard: value: price: the class of a ship and of seamen: movement, as fast or slow: a tax.—v.t. to calculate: to estimate: to settle the relative rank, scale, or position of.—v.i. to make an estimate: to be placed in a certain class: to ratify.—ns. Rātabil′ity, Rā′tableness, quality of being ratable.—adj. Rā′table, Rā′teable, that may be rated or set at a certain value: subject to taxation.—adv. Rā′tably.—ns. Rāte′-book, a book of valuations; Rāte′payer, one who pays a local tax.—adj. Rāte′paying, paying, or relating to, an assessed local tax.—ns. Rā′ter, one who makes an estimate; Rāte′-tithe, a tithe paid for sheep and cattle; Rā′ting, a fixing of rates: classification according to rank or grade.—At any rate, by any means; By no rate, by no means. [O. Fr.,—Low L. rata, rate—L. rēri, ratus, to think.]

2. Rate

   rāt, v.t. to tax: to scold: to chide: to reprove. [M. E. raten, acc. to Skeat, from O. Fr. aretter, to impute—L. ad, to, reputāre, to count. Others explain as Scand., Sw. rata, to reject.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rate

   A tariff or customs roll. Also, the six orders into which the ships of war were divided in the navy, according to their force and magnitude. Thus the first rate comprehended all ships of 110 guns and upwards, having 42-pounders on the lower deck, diminishing to 6-pounders on the quarter-deck and forecastle. They were manned with 850 to 875 men, including officers, seamen, marines, servants, &c.--Second rate. Ships carrying from 90 to 100 guns.--Third rate. Ships from 80 to 84 guns.--Fourth rate. Ships from 60 to 74 guns; these were comprehended under the general names of frigates, and never appeared in the line of battle.--Fifth rate. Mounting from 32 to 40, or even 60 guns.--And Sixth rate. Mounting from any number, or no guns, if commanded by captains; those commanded by commanders were deemed sloops. Since the late introduction of massive iron, a captain may command but one gun.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rate

   A quantity or amount.

   The industry ratd was 20 per hour.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

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1. RATE

   What does RATE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RATE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RATE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rate is ranked #113155 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rate surname appeared 155 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rate.
   
   89% or 138 total occurrences were White.
   4.5% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
   3.2% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #475

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #892

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rate' in Nouns Frequency: #80

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rate' in Verbs Frequency: #1000

Anagrams for rate »

1. tare

2. tera

3. tear

How to pronounce rate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rate in a Sentence

1. The President:

   My feeling, looking at what's going on with the infection rate, I think it's more likely measured in months rather than weeks.

2. Alexander Stubb:

   Our international position would probably weaken, our currency rate would become unsustainable... our country risk would be high and we would be likely driven into a situation where interest rates would increase.

3. Goldman Sachs:

   [ A ] stronger US dollar, dampened sentiment towards China's economic outlook and narrowed interest rate spread between China and the US all contributed to the rapid depreciation of the currency.

4. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   The market has priced in a rate increase by the Fed, but what it focuses on is the pace of rate increases in the future and any hint on that will likely set the market direction.

5. Andrew Shirley:

   I would be surprised if the demand and value can continue at the same rate over the next 10 years.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rate
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=rate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rate
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rate
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rate
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=rate
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html