Definitions for rates
rates

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1. rates(noun)

   a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)

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1. rates(Noun)

   (British or Australian) Taxes, usually on property, levelled by local government.

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1. Rates

   Rates is a Portuguese parish and a former township located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 2,539 inhabitants and a total area of 13.88 square kilometres. The township has records dating to the 13th century and, still today, it preserves landmarks such as the townsquare and a well-preserved and notable Romanesque temple.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rates' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #850

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rates' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1418

Anagrams for rates »

1. arste, aster, resat, setar, stare, tares, tarse, Taser, taser, tears, teras

2. Arste

3. Taser

How to pronounce rates?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rates in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rates in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of rates in a Sentence

1. Sergio Ermotti:

   We and the industry are facing unprecedented headwinds, for example from interest rates, which have pressured net interest margins in all of our businesses and from macroeconomic and political uncertainties that have contributed to huge risk aversion among our clients, industry activity levels in investment banking advisory have slowed markedly year on year, and, while equity volumes in the US are buoyant, flat volumes in Europe and sharp declines in Asia do not favor our geographic mix.

2. Paul Jarris:

   In terms of preterm birth and infant mortality, the United States has the highest rates of any of the developed nations, our rates are more similar to that of developing nations. So the message, from my point of view, is that we cannot be complacent.

3. Fatima Jaber:

   We need a change to the system because everyone has at least one loan from the bank and the rates are very high and we can't pay them.

4. Matt Lloyd:

   Everybody knows they're going to raise rates and the waiting is often worse than the punishment.

5. Steven Amstrup:

   Despite uncertainties about how this bear got into this starvingcondition, we can be absolutely certainif we allow the world to continue to warm, there will be ever greater numbers of such events as survival rates decline over more and more of the polar bear range, andwe can be certainthat, without halting greenhouse gas rise, the world’s polar bears gradually will disappear.

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