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
- A slow rate of growth indicates benignity.
- If not, what is the growth rate of the eyebrow
- The gradient of the line is the rate of growth.
- In addition, the scorch time and cure rate are unaffected.
- The rate of hair growth and the weight of the hairs increase.
- Irioids decrease the growth rates of many generalist herbivores.
- The growth rates cease when the mineral accretion process stops.
- One is the mode of budding and the other is the relative growth rate.
- The concentration of sodium silicate becomes important in growth rate.
- The rate of inflation is simply measured by the growth of the money supply.
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