rate
IPA: rˈeɪt
noun
- (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- Speed.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
- (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
- (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
verb
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To berate, scold.
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Examples of "rate" in Sentences
- Sorry Jane, 90% win rate is less than 100% win rate, Marciano wins.
- The term rate of speed made me sound like a particle pulsing down a chute.
- Once-litigated plaintiff win rate is 50%, but the numbers are so small that they may not be statistically significant.
- The other data are input rate or characteristic flow rate q, the depth D and the permeability K of the drained layer.
- If you own a business and wish representation for the entity, you will receive a preferred rate of 25\% less the Provider Law Firm's corporate hourly rate*.
- The Labour-rate Act got rid of that evident hardship, and charged the landlord with half the rate for tenements or holdings over £4 a-year, and with the _whole rate_ for holdings under that annual rent.
- Within certain limits, metals expand uniformly in direct proportion to the increase in temperature, but the rate of expansion varies with different metals; thus, under like conditions, tin expands nearly twice (1-3/5) as much as gold, but the _rate_ of expansion for gold is nearly twice (1-7/10) that of tin.
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