raten.1
/reɪt/, U.S. /reɪt/ I. An amount, quantity, or value, considered in isolation.† 1. † 2.
a. Estimated or believed value or worth (of individual things or people). Frequently in phrases: after the rate of (also for the rate upon): in proportion to the value of. beyond the rate: too highly. Also as a count noun. Cf. sense 5 and Phrases 1a. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adverb] > proportionally
for the rate upon1425
rately1472
rate-like1476
rateably1490
partlike1531
analogically1570
pro rata1575
fairly1731
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > estimated worth
rewarda1382
rate1425
appraisement1808
1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 290/2 Everychon of home may holde residence for the rate opon yche of hire Benefice.
1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §49. m. 39 The byer..shall pay to the seller for that that excedeth such mesure of .xxiiij. yerdes, after the rate of the mesure above ordeyned.
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 7 §1 If it lacke of the seid gauge..than the Seller to abate somoche of the price after the rate of the seid content.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlijv That Byshoppes and other spirituall parsons shoulde paye..after the rate of the benefice, a certeine summe of money.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 300 There shall no figure at such rate be set, As that of true and faithfull Iuliet. View more context for this quotation
1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 129 To esteeme life aboue the price, or to feare death beyond the rate, be alike euill.
a1642 J. Suckling Brennoralt (1646) iii. i. 34 The world does set great rates upon you.
1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 91 They mightily prize them and set a great rate upon them.
1710 J. Ollyffe Pract. Expos. Church-catech. I. i. 12 Having this noble Promise thus confirm'd, hereby we are taught to set a low Rate upon those eartlhy Things which are so infinitely inferior to this heavenly Inheritance.
1739 J. Fisher Inestimable Value Divine Truth Considered 38 See the folly of the World, in putting such a low Rate upon this inestimable Treasure.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lii. 204 I am a little offended at the low rate, at which you seem to value my understanding.
1831 T. B. Macaulay Hampden in Ess. (1843) I. 453 The sheriff was blamed for setting so wealthy a man at so low a rate.
b. Valuation, rating. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > valuation for
extentc1330
stent138.
stint1485
rating1534
assessmentc1540
ratement?1577
rate1600
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. 31 For he [sc. Servius Tullius] it was that devised and brought up the manner of equall contribution..proportionably to the assesment and rate of mens goods.
1622 Factum 8 To haue a release and discharge for those shippes and goods newly seazed vpon, that were constrained to suffer a new rate and valuation of their old Barke and goods.
1653 Public Gen. Acts 331 For want of sufficient time a just and perfect survey or rate of each parish..could not be made and returned.
c. Estimation, consideration. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]
weenc888
rightnessOE
steemc1330
sight1362
witc1374
emprisea1393
reputation?c1400
apprizingc1449
nick?a1450
vail1471
countc1475
opinionc1480
estimationc1522
meting1548
reckoning1548
valuation1548
computation1558
account1583
cess1588
esteem1598
appreciation1605
resentiment1606
repute1610
ratea1616
assessmenta1626
estimate1637
vote1639
supputation1643
compute1646
value1651
resentment1655
contemplation1673
critique1798
appraisement1808
appraisal1817
viewa1854
sizing up1967
chit1989
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 115 My sonne is lost, and (in my rate) she too. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 92 It is necessary that there be Lawes of Honour, and a publique rate of the worth of such men as have deserved..well of the Common-wealth.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 46 Wise Men were not..so high-priz'd as they had been, and grew daily less and less in the ordinary Rate and Esteem of the World.
1785 T. Horde Nature will Prevail i. i. 15 The most heart-consoling odours of high rate and esteem, are but the gummy distillation of trees, or perchance the mucous entrails of the brute creation.
a. A fixed portion, part, or amount. Obsolete.rare after 17th cent. except in biblical use.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a definite or specified quantity or amount > a fixed portion or quantity
rate1442
1442 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §5. m. 14 Every shire..to be quyte and discharged of asmoche somme, as wolle atteigne to the quantite of the rate and afferant of the seid somme of mmmm. li.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 102 A Rate: Rate [perh. read Rata]..porcio.
1568 Bible (Bishops') Exod. xvi. 4 The people shall go out & gather a certaine rate euery day.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. ix. 24 They brought euery man his present..a rate yeere by yeere. View more context for this quotation
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iv. 275 Our inferior mates Drink even that mix'd wine measur'd too; thou drink'st, without those rates, Our old wine neat.
1885 Bible (R.V.) 2 Chron. ix. 24 They brought every man his present..a rate year by year.
b. The total calculated or estimated quantity, amount, or sum of something, usually forming a basis for the calculation of other quantities or sums. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun]
rule?c1225
sizec1420
rate1472
the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > computed or estimated as basis for calculation
rate1472
the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount
fullOE
suma1382
universitya1382
your university1385
wholea1393
amountment?a1400
wholenessa1425
hale1437
aggregatec1443
rate1472
total1557
the whole ware1563
lump1576
gross1579
totality1598
universarya1604
general1608
population1612
amount1615
totum1656
totea1772
complete1790
factorial1869
collectivity1882
1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 49/2 Contributours to the costes and expenses..after the quantite and rate of the yerely value of the said rent.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xviiiv The escuage may & shal be apporcyoned after the quantyty & rate of the lande.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 145 b Accordyng to the quantite or rate of the fruict, which they haue brought into the lordes vineyard.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 22 I iudge their number Vpon, or neere the rate of thirty thousand. View more context for this quotation
1669 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 255 With power to him to poynd for the saidis respectiue rates [of fish] not exceeding the value of the same.
3. Price, cost; the sum paid or asked for a single thing (literal and figurative). †Also in plural.In early use frequently in easy (also hard) rate: low (or high) cost or price.This sense is distinct from sense 6a in that the latter (which is now much the more common) implies that the same price or sum applies to a number of similar cases and is in some way fixed or standardized. However in practice the two senses cannot always be clearly distinguished.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] > without great loss or suffering
easy (also hard) rate1596
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > price of unit
rate1596
unit price1840
1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. R 3 O hadst thou in thy glory thus beene slayne, All thy delights had beene of easie rate.
1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. M2 We couet peace, and we will purchase it At any rate that reason can demaunde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 14 Ant. Fiue hundred Duckets villaine for a rope? E. Dro. Ile serue you sir fiue hundred at the rate . View more context for this quotation
1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 10 To purchase heaven for repenting, Is no hard rate.
1663 Ichabod, or, Five Groans of Church iv. 50 Lord, what if you gained the world at the rate of undoing souls?
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ii. sig. Aa6v A skilfull Jeweller will not forbear giving great rates for Neck-laces of true Pearl.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 58. ⁋1 To purchase a..momentary Pleasure at the Rate of making an honest Man unhappy.
1723 J. Morgan tr. M. Rabadan Mahometism Explained I. xviii. 383 I should think thy Redemption bought at a very cheap Rate, though I should be obliged to purchase it with all I have in the World.
1799 E. Hasted Hist. Canterbury 172/1 Though it [sc. the Jubilee] came but once in fifty years, and was purchased at a dear rate, at the court of Rome, yet it brought incredible gain.
1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xvi. 258 Let us then sell our lives at such a rate, as shall make our enemies believe the purchase too dear!
1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 29 May 685/3 They were well lodged, fed, and clothed, and the latter at an easy rate, as the poorer people manufactured most of their own apparel.
1954 T. C. Barker & J. R. Harris Merseyside Town in Industr. Revol. xi. 139 In the February of 1783 James Orrell & Co. were paid 6s. 6d. for 26 baskets of coal... This was no very dear rate,..and obviously a case where the overseers had decided to relieve a poor woman by giving her winter fuel.
1998 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 29 Mar. j5 Tourists are advised to agree on fares before getting in, but I never found a driver asking a rate out of line with price lists posted in hotels (some added 5 pesos for air-conditioning).
II. An amount, quantity, or value, considered relative to another; the relationship between two values.
4. † b. Ratio, proportion. Obsolete.
a. The relationship by which the amount or number of one thing corresponds proportionally to the amount or number of another, typically stated as a particular numerical amount per unit (esp. a unit of time). Chiefly in at (also †after) the (or a) rate of.Depending on context, this sense frequently also carries the meaning of one of the other senses in branch II. (esp. sense 7).birth-, death-, fatality, mortality rate, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [phrase] > corresponding quantity or amount
at (also after) the (or a) rate of1497
the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun] > of one type of thing corresponding to another
rate1497
pro rata1751
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [adverb] > at the rate of
at (also after) the (or a) rate of1497
a time1597
a throw1886
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 147 Euery man takyng after the Rate of xijd ob by the weke.
1538–9 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 278 After the rate of xviijs. the hundredd.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 88, in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 120. Acres, after the rate of 21. foote to every perch of the Acre.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 148 I feare me, hee reckoneth after the Athenian rate, ten for one.
1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 20 §6 [Interest] after the rate of six pounds per cent.
1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 76 At the Rate of four Rubels a Pudde.
1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 117 [My pulse], to the best of my judgment by feeling it, beat at the rate of 100 pulsations in a minute.
1781 Encycl. Brit. VII. 5163/2 They will contend who shall get the silver at the rate of 15 pounds for one of gold.
1807 European Mag. 52 112/1 I suppose we had gone at the rate of six miles an hour.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xviii. §746 Although we were going at the rate of nine knots, the ship made no noise.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 34 The ants brought in dead insects..at the rate of about twenty-eight a minute.
1899 Eng. Mech. 14 July 480/3 The new machine..is said to be able to carry in its car as many as six men and travel easily at a rate of 100 miles an hour under the absolute mastery of its engineer and pilot.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 521/2 An experimental printer..operated..at the rate of 210 words (1260 letters) per minute.
1940 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 20 769 His temperature was 101.6°F, his pulse rate, 110, and his respiration rate, 20 per minute.
1961 Dairy Industries Sept. 652 Particles of the product to be dried fall in counter current to slowly rising pre-dried air flowing at a rate of 0·05 to 1 meter per second.
1991 G. MacBeth Another Love Story xxiv. 204 The poems were still coming, sometimes at the rate of two or three a day.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 24 July xiii. 10/2 The resting heart rate is fairly easy to determine. Before getting out of bed..count your pulse for 10 seconds. Then multiply by 6.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun]
reason?c1400
rate1614
ration1653
ratio1660
logistic numbers1728
1614 W. Bedwell De Numeris Geometricis i. 2 The Base and Height are said to be rational one to another, when as the rate or reason of both may be expressed by a number of the same measure given.
1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 4 There is the same rate of the Water D to the Water O, as there is of the length of the pipe N, to the length of the pipe M.
1749 B. Martin Lingua Britannica Reformata Ratio,..(in Arithmetic and Geometry) the rate, reason, or proportion that several numbers or quantities have to each other, with respect to their greatness or smallness.
1773 A. Ewing Inst. Arithm. 217 Make 1 the first term of a geometric series, the rate the second term and common ratio.
5.
a. The value of money, goods, etc., as applicable to each individual piece or equal quantity; spec. (a) the value assigned to a class of goods in order to determine the customs duty payable on a consignment of such goods; (b) the conventional or legal value of metals or coins in relation to each other; cf. ratio n. 3c. Now historical.Although sense 5a(a) relates to charges (cf. sense 6a) the meaning in this context is that of ‘value’: cf. the title of the 1657 ‘book of rates’: ‘Book of Values of Merchandize imported, according to which Excise is to be paid by the First Buyer’.
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society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > relative value of coins or metals
ratea1513
ration1653
ratio1771
rating1841
parity1895
basket of currencies1973
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > rate of
ratea1513
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxvi. f. lxxii After ye rate of money nowe currant, a quarte of whete was worth .ii. markes & a halfe.
1545 (title) The rates of the custome house bothe inwarde and outwarde.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Centussis,..a rate of Romaine money conteynyng..10. Denarios, that is .x. grotes of olde sterlynge, when .viii. grotes went to an ownce.
1610 (title) Book of rates.
1612 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 214 Proclamation for the rate of goolde, as the angell, souereigne and white royall at xis. a peece.
1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce iv. 24 It is often seene that a setled rate by Booke or particular Teriffe either in print or writing may easily in every such Citie of trade be had and obtained.
1758 J. Harris Ess. Money & Coins II. 53 The legal rate of an ounce of either of these metals in coin is called the mint price.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. v. 366 All grain was rated so low in the book of rates, that this poundage amounted only upon wheat to a shilling..upon all other grain to sixpence the quarter.
1830 Times 19 Aug. 3/6 The high rate of gold coin in the seventeenth century.
1886 Overland Monthly Nov. 542/2 The same amount of gold, which under the old ratio was exchangeable for seventeen rupees in silver, is, at the present low rate of silver, convertible into twenty-three rupees.
1900 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 1 731 The rate of coined silver per ounce to be deduced therefrom, assuming, as was apparently the custom at that time in the province, that it was of sterling alloy, is a little over seven shillings.
1912 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 26 766 The Book of Rates of 1583 explicitly states that the rates, or official valuations for customs purposes, were issued by Queen Mary in the first year of her reign.
1975 E. S. Godfrey Devel. Eng. Glassmaking 3 (note) In 1507 the Book of Rates..lists..beads, and ‘balme glasses’, probably small drinking cups.
2004 H. Strachan Financing First World War 14 On 14 August 1914 the Bank of England secured an exclusive agreement..which fixed the official rate of gold at £3. 17s. 9d. per standard ounce.
b. More fully rate of exchange. The basis of equivalence on which one form of currency is exchanged for another; = exchange rate n. at exchange n. Compounds 2. Cf. exchange n. 3a, 4a.
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society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > relative value of different currencies
par1601
rate1622
parity1860
agio1875
1622 G. de Malynes Maintenance of Free Trade i. 12 Hee doth account..the Rate of exchange at 33. shillings 4. pence Flemish to answer our 20. shillings Starlin as at Par pro Pari for those parts.
1696 Rev. Universal Remedy all Dis. 7 The Rate of the Exchange from hence to Amsterdam, paying the value of the Bill here in legal Money, has of late been between 33 and 34 Shillings Flemish per Pound Sterling.
1701 I. Newton Let. 28 Sept. in Corr. (1967) IV. 374 At wch rate the Lewis d'or is worth 16s 7d sterling supposing the Ecus worth 4s 6d as it is recconed in the course of exchange & as I have found it by some Assays.
1779 Encycl. Brit. IV. 2865/2 When the Flemish rate rises above par, Britain gains and Holland loses by the exchange.
1838 Penny Cycl. X. 109/1 The par, for the time being, would be brought to coincide with the actual rate.
1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 164 The only question was as to the rate at which they should be liquidated.
1943 Sun (Baltimore) 1 Nov. 4/6 Purchasers of Rueckwanderer marks were credited at a designated German bank at a preferential rate of 4.1 reichmarks per dollar.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 a/5 U.S. economic indicators signal the dollar should be lower than current rates.
1994 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Apr. 19 There will often be pavement dealers who promise a better rate than the banks and bureaux de change.
6.
a. A fixed charge or payment applicable to each individual instance of a set of similar cases; esp. the amount paid or asked for a certain quantity of a particular commodity, service, etc. Cf. sense 3.asking rate: see the first word.
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society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > as calculated pro rata
tax1455
rate1526
block rate1909
1526 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 402 Every man or woman which makith aquavitie..to paye the accostomid ratte to the silver boxe.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 85 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The rest..should bee placed in part of the landes..at such rate, or rather better then others.
1640 T. Nabbes Bride i. iv I like the rates: may the wines please as well.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 56 The Rate of Brick-layers their work. Good London Brick-layers will work the Rod for forty shillings.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 67 The set rate for the Blood of a Man is five hundred Piastres.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 10. ⁋11 Bread was sold at Paris for 6d. per Pound, and..there was not half enough even at that Rate.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coach Hackney Coaches, those expos'd to hire..at Rates fix'd by Authority.
1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) Addenda 147 The company are authorised to take the following rates, viz. For clay, brick, or stones, one halfpenny per ton per mile.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. viii. 303 Letters containing one enclosure charged with two single rates.
1883 Manch. Examiner 29 Oct. 5/2 The high rates of the railway companies prevented the cheaper kinds of fish from being sent to the markets.
1932 Telegraph & Telephone Jrnl. Oct. 2/2 Printergrams are charged for at the same rate as phonograms.
1942 H. Abend Ramparts of Pacific xxvi. 275 Half-fare or one-third-fare tickets were sold on Japanese steamship lines and railways, and reduced hotel rates were assured.
2000 Daily Tel. 30 May 29/8 Large companies often use re-mailing to cut their post bills, transporting batches of mail to countries for posting at lower rates.
b. The amount of a charge or payment (such as interest, wages, discount, etc.) as a proportion of some other amount or as a basis of calculation. Also: the set proportion of a larger amount (typically expressed as a percentage) which is used to calculate a charge or payment such as interest, a tax, etc.bank-, base, mortgage rate, etc.: see the first element.
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society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > as determined by specific conditions
rate1540
differential1879
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 (title) An acte for maintenaunce of the nauy of England, and for certaine rates of frayctes.
1578 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) at Fœnero To lay out the common treasure according to the wonted rate of interest.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 43 He..brings downe The rate of vsance heere with vs in Venice. View more context for this quotation
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 245 Let there be Certaine Persons licensed to Lend, to knowne Merchants, vpon Vsury at a Higher Rate.
1652 Votes Parl. conc. Encouragem. Mariners That the Rates and Proportions of Pay..be allowed to the Officers of the several Ranks of ships.
1668 J. Child Short Addition Observ. Trade iii. 10 In Holland, likewise any man..may take up 500 l. or 1000 l. at 3 per cent. upon his own Note only, whereas in England where the present rate is double.
1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce i. 60 The Poor cannot earn little and spend much, the End of that is, starving and misery; the Rate of Provisions will follow the Rate of Wages, there is not possibility of its being otherwise.
1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. in Wks. (1825) IV. 107 The rate of interest has in most countries been regulated by law.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) iii. 34 It is not on this that the rate of wages depends.
1883 Manch. Examiner 14 Dec. 4/1 For three month's bills the terms were firm at 2 5/ 8 per cent, but for January paper the rate was stiffer.
1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/2 The rate of the income tax ought to vary with the means of the payers.
1903 C. F. Bastable Public Finance IV. iv. 472 The aim of taxing permanent incomes at a higher rate is accomplished by a tax that does not touch pure earnings.
1954 Harvard Business Rev. Jan. 128/1 ‘Discounted cash flow’..computes rate of return as the maximum interest rate which could be paid on the capital tied up over the life of the investment without dipping into earnings produced elsewhere in the company.
1990 A. Morton-Cooper Returning to Nursing (BNC) 47 The rate of pay is such that she must be genuinely fond of children to want to put up with them day after day.
c. Any one of a number of taxes levied on the inhabitants of a particular area and used to fund local services; (in modern use) spec. a tax of this kind levied by a local authority, expressed as a proportion of the assessed value of property owned or leased (frequently in plural). Cf. precept n. 4e.In Britain the Poor Relief Act of 1601, consolidating earlier legislation, introduced the compulsory payments of rates by the occupier of each hereditament for the relief of the local poor or sick. These rates were collected by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish, and from later in the 17th cent. were additionally used to meet other local expenses. The rating system of the U.K. was reformed by the Rating and Valuation Act of 1925. This system was formally replaced (except in Northern Ireland) by the community charge (introduced in Scotland in 1989 and England and Wales in 1990), which was in turn replaced by the council tax in 1993. Local rating systems are also used in Australia and New Zealand.For further information see E. Cannan The history of local rates in England (rev. ed., 1912), L. Golding Dictionary of local government in England and Wales (1962), and W. E. Tate The parish chest: a study of the records of parochial administration in England (ed. 3, 1969).Recorded earliest in poor rate n.borough-, church-, county, highway, parish, water-rate, etc.: see the first element.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > rates
cess1531
rate1601
county rate1665
rating1859
borough-rate1863
1601 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 80 ixs. xd..for the pur rait mony.
1630 Act Charitable Reliefe Plague f. 1v Then it shall or may be lawfull for any two Iustices of Peace of the said county..to Taxe and Assesse the inhabitants of the said county, within fiue miles of the said place infected, at such reasonable weekely taxes and rates, as they shall thinke fit.
1645 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 33 Hee being then Constable & going to demaund of Thomas Edwards of Barking ffisherman some Money due vpon a rate.
1665 J. Wilson Projectors ii. i. 18 He is exempt from rates, and Parish-duties.
1687 T. Hinckley Let. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1861) 4th Ser. V. 155 On a single rate (as they call it) for levying of a penny in the pound, some must pay 5d and some 2d.
1701 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens 12 The Rate [1713 Rates] must be made with the Consent of the major part of the Parish.
1755 R. Burn Justice of Peace I. 185 If any refuse to pay the rates, being demanded by the churchwardens, they are to be sued for in the ecclesiastical courts.
1797 F. M. Eden State of Poor I. 130 Justices were empowered to levy the rate by distress; and for the relief of the impotent poor.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 125 The Rates are high; we have a-many Poor.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 307/1 If the parish fail to meet, the churchwardens may themselves impose a rate.
1881 W. E. Gladstone Speech at Leeds 7 Oct. Rates have increased in towns with great rapidity.
1899 J. Bell In Shadow of Bush 21 The ‘town’ itself remained a solid block of standing bush, and the absentee owners..were only reminded of their possessions by the persistent recurrence of the notices to pay rates.
1934 C. Mackness Young Beachcombers 162 When he wanted to pay his rates or invest in a chest of tea, he sold off some of his wild cattle.
1959 M. Spark Memento Mori x. 136 It's preposterous, when we pay our rates and taxes, to be threatened like that by a stranger.
2007 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 12 June With mortgage repayments of up to £1,000 a month for a rental income of £400, the figures don't add up once you pay the rates and other costs.
7.
a. Speed of movement; the pace at which distance is covered; the speed of (a mode of) travel. Chiefly with modifying adjective indicating the degree of speed attained.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun]
speedc1175
passa1393
pace?a1439
strake1558
rate1652
velocity1656
rapidity1701
rake1768
bat1824
clip1868
tempo1898
work rate1906
pacing1958
1652 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. 43 We travelled at a great rate, marching whole dayes without resting.
1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride i. i. 5 When my Lord beheld the Ship pursuing, And saw her Rate so far exceeding ours; He came to me.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 226 Having a strong Steerage with my Paddle, I went at a great rate, directly for the Wreck.
1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. v. 173 The Coach drove on, at a round Rate.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches ix. 292 The most rapid rate of ox-wagon travelling.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xiv. 99 The motion..swiftly augmented to the rate of an avalanche.
1876 W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon 119 The whole herd..wheeling round, off they went at a rapid rate.
1933 A. W. Barton Text Bk. Heat viii. 179 A current of air-free water flows at a steady rate through the closed circulating system shown.
1985 A. Kenny Path from Rome (1986) vi. 86 We went on at a great rate up the Summit ridge, chasing in and out of boulders.
2007 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 31 July 14 These birds swoop down at quite a rate.
b. Speed of action, production, etc.; the pace at which something happens or is done.burn-, churn, flow-, metabolic rate, etc.: see the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > rate of movement
head1577
rate1751
pace-setting1893
headway1904
1694 W. Holder Disc. Time vi. 76 The Moon changeth the Nodes or Place of her crossing, at the rate of 3 minutes of a Degree.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 101 There are also paper mills wch dispatches paper at a quick rate.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. ⁋11 As workmen will not easily be hurried beyond their ordinary rate.
1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 1724/1 The operation has been since proceeding at a still greater rate.
1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §268 The actio agentis..is simply, in modern English phraseology, the rate at which the agent works.
1947 R. F. Daubenmire Plants & Environment v. 234 Sciophytes may be at a disadvantage in full sunlight if they cannot manufacture chlorophyll at a rapid rate.
1985 C. S. Ward Anaesthetic Equipm. (ed. 2) xi. 238/2 The ventilation rate meter indicates the frequency in cycles per minute of the ventilator.
1997 Church Times 11 Apr. 9/2 Betty speed-writing at a fantastic rate, despite her increasing pain in recent years.
8. The speed at which a change takes place; relative amount of variation, increase, decrease, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun] > relative amount of variation
rate1756
1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 284 It would be easy to calculate the numbers of mankind..if we suppose them to arise from a given number, and the rate of increase known, in any period of years.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 90 A set of glass bubbles, varying from each other in specific gravity at an equal rate.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iv. 37 Three millions of paupers..increasing at a frightful rate per day.
1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. (ed. 2) xiv. 352 Rate of change of velocity is called in kinematics Acceleration.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 200 The rate of augmentation being affected by the character of the rocks bored through.
1908 E. M. Forster Room with View ix. 158 Cecil..replied that the physique of the lower middle classes was improving at a most appalling rate.
1958 Listener 21 Aug. 274/2 Apart from Greater London and Greater Birmingham all the conurbations were..increasing their population at a rate far lower than the nation as a whole.
1992 M. Riva Marlene Dietrich 264 Four white rabbits..that multiplied at an alarming rate—hippity-hopped about as they ate bald spots into the luscious lawn.
9. The gain or loss that a timepiece makes over a twenty-four-hour period; the consistency of timekeeping.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > gain or loss of time
rate1763
1763 Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 439 The differences between the numbers in the second column, shew the rate at which the clock gets upon the Sun; and the differences between the numbers in the third column, shew the rate at which the clock gets upon mean time.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy iii. 139 Their clocks being regulated, and their errors and rates ascertained and applied.
1876 Text Bk. Surveying, Projection, & Portable Instr. (U.S. Naval Acad.) 126 Determine the clock error by three or four stars of nearly the same declination, and following each other in quick succession so that chances of error due to the rate of the clock may be eliminated.
1936 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 155 516 The uniformity of rate of the quartz clock is much greater than that given by the daily time signals.
1995 P. Woodward My Own Right Time xiii. 107 The underlying rate of a clock can never be zero, no regulation ever being plumb perfect.
10. Mechanics. The number of threads of a screw per unit length. Also screw rate. Cf. pitch n.2 27b. Now rare.
ΚΠ
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 637 In this comparatively inferior class of screws..whether or not their pitches or rates have any exact relationship to the inch, is a matter of indifference.
1906 P. N. Hasluck Metalworking 470/1 The problem is how to utilise the leading screw A, whose pitch or rate of thread is constant and invariable.
1960 Dict. Mech. Engin. (ed. 8) 307 Screw rate, the rate of a screw signifies the number of threads per inch which it contains.
11. Mechanics. A spring's resistance to compression or extension, typically expressed as the load required to produce a deflection of unit length. More fully spring rate (see spring n.1 Compounds 5e).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > load > ratio to compression or extension of spring
rate1944
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > spring > quality of
spring rate1914
rate1944
1944 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 21 195/1 The spring rate, S, of the system of four mountings may be expressed in terms of the dynamic compression modulus of elasticity of the rubber.
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) v. 123 This ratio can be expressed in terms of pounds weight required to produce a deflection of one inch..and this figure is known as the spring rate.
1964 H. A. Rothbart Mech. Design & Systems Handbk. xxxiii. 12 Some springs are such that their rate is constant over the entire usable range of deflection.
1993 Pop. Mech. Mar. 99/3 The chassis is noticeably stiffer than the old Supra, with higher spring rates and firmer shock damping.
III. A class, type, or standard.† 13. Standard of conduct or action; (hence) manner, mode, style. Chiefly with after (cf. after one rate at Phrases 1b). Obsolete.† 14. Degree, level, or extent of action, feeling, etc. Obsolete.In constructions with at, not always clearly distinct from at a —— rate at Phrases 1d.
12.
a. Standard or measure with regard to quality or condition. Hence: class, kind, type; †rank (obsolete). Now only in the non-nautical uses of first rate n. 1a, second-rate adj., etc. †in rate of: as; in the class of (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun]
kindeOE
i-cundeOE
mannera1225
jetc1330
colour1340
hair1387
estrete1393
gendera1398
hedea1400
savourc1400
stockc1450
toucha1500
rate1509
barrel1542
suit1548
fashion1562
special1563
stamp1573
family1598
garb1600
espece1602
kidney1602
bran1610
formality1610
editiona1627
make1660
cast1673
tour1702
way1702
specie1711
tenor1729
ilk1790
genre1816
stripe1853
persuasion1855
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > a standard or norm
regulaOE
standardc1475
rate1509
square1549
formular1563
squarier1581
scantling1587
the King's beam1607
referencea1627
modulea1628
norme1635
the common beam1647
normaa1676
plummet line1683
norm1821
modulus1857
normative1909
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii She was of singuler wysedome ferre passynge ye comyn rate of women.
1534 T. Cranmer Let. in Misc. Writings & Lett. (1846) 279 The gift of nature wherewith God hath above the common rate endued him.
1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 45 Somewhat..whereby it may be vnderstanded to be taken in rate of a vice.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxix. 161 He was very learned, according to the rate of that age.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c4v The several Materials..are of the best Rate, as any can be.
1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) ii. 13 'Tis a great sin to love or fear any creature above the rate of a creature.
1702 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel v. i. 47 I look your Coffers shou'd maintain me at my Rate.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 151. ⁋7 The intemperate Meals and loud Jollities of the common Rate of Country Gentlemen.
1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxiv. 240 Tommy..was also Master of every Tune I knew, which were neither inconsiderable in Number, or of the lowest Rate.
1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi. 205 Her brother's disposition to look down on the common rate of social intercourse. View more context for this quotation
1993 A. B. Schmookler Illusion of Choice xiii. 260 What if the terms of economic competitiveness escalated to the point that to be of the ‘first rate’, a society had to goad its children..into being anxious and driven?
b. Nautical. Any of various classes into which vessels are divided, according (variously, at different times) to the seniority of the captain, the number of guns carried (cf. quot. 1769), complement of crew, or size. Now historical.Often preceded by an ordinal numeral: cf. first rate n. 1a, second-rate adj., etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > class of war vessels
rate1649
1649 O. Cromwell Let. 14 Nov. in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 162 The Garland, one of your third-rate ships, coming happily into Waterford Bay.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 132 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Frigots and Barks enter the River, and Vessels of a middle rate shelter under the Ilha da Naos.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 40 I am very well satisfied that Ships of all Rates will be built at Wexford.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3775/1 Any of Our Ships of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth or Sixth Rate, or Fire-Ships.
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 9 Of various Rates they sail, Of Ensigns various.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Rates The British fleet is accordingly distributed into six rates... Ships of the first rate mount 100 cannon... Ships of the second rate carry 90 guns... Ships of the third rate carry from 64 to 80 cannon... Ships of the fourth rate mount from 60 to 50 guns... Frigates..are divided into the 5th and 6th rates, the former mounting from 40 to 32 guns, and the latter from 28 to 20.
1802 Naval Chron. 8 3 A ship of so small a rate as the Trial.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 47 Ere Folly..cut down her vessels of the first rate.
1884 Naval Encycl. 679/2 In all navies the rates change as improvements are made in ordnance and construction.
1975 G. Frere-Cook & K. Macksey Sea Warfare App. 2. 229 During the reign of Charles I the practice was begun of describing ships by rate, originally based on crew but later by the number of guns carried.
1988 D. A. Thomas Compan. Royal Navy ii. 43 The British line of battle comprised only ships of the first three rates.
c. Nautical. The class or rank of a member of a ship's crew; (also in plural) the members of a crew belonging to this class; = rating n.1 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun]
highnesseOE
dignityc1230
worshiphead1340
gentryc1390
heighta1400
rank?c1430
portc1475
affair1480
stateliness1548
character1629
sublimitya1656
station1706
rate1707
elevatedness1731
tchin1861
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval service > [noun] > naval rank
rate1707
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > position or class of sailor
rating1702
rate1707
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman
common sailor1698
ordinary seaman1702
OS1802
ranker1890
O.D.1916
hostile ord1919
erk1925
white hat1952
rate1977
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 18 View but his Muster-Books, and you'll, by their Rates, fancy his Men the stoutest Fellows in the Navy.
1839 W. McNally Evils & Abuses Naval & Merchant Service 14 I was allowed a yeoman, but had none. I made out my own returns of expenditures, and kept my own books; the rate of my yeoman was given to a man who wrote for the first lieutenant.
1863 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 3 Oct. 84 Men embraced in the rates of seamen and ordinary seamen possess certain degrees of nautical knowledge and acquaintance with the technicalities which belong to the vocation of a sailor.
1909 T. Beyer Life in Navy 179 Warships carry one or two barbers who hold the rate of ordinary seamen.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 76 Crow (the embroidered eagle on the rating badge) was used to designate the insignia of rate for the petty officers of the Navy.
1977 Navy News Feb. 18/3 H.M.S. Tartar has no fewer than eight ‘stripeys’ among the junior rates on board.
1991 Daily Tel. 27 May 16 Having spent 26 years in the Royal Navy, I wonder how Senior or Junior rates could effect an onboard relationship, after all it would be difficult to find a place on a warship to conduct the relationship in any sort of privacy.
d. British. Any of various classes or subclasses into which buildings are divided, according to purpose or size. Now historical.Chiefly used with reference to the construction and materials of the various classes of buildings, as regulated by Acts of Parliament.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > class of buildings
rate1774
1774 Act 14 Geo. III c. 78 That the several Churches,..Dwelling houses, and all other Buildings whatsoever..shall be divided into the seven several Rates or classes of Building herein-after described.
1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law Dict. (new ed.) II. at London Buildings; regulated and divided into seven rates or classes.
1814 Reg. Park 51 As to the rates of houses, second and third rates would generally be most useful.
1845 Act 7 & 8 Vict. c. 84 §7 Any Building of whatever kind which is not hereby expressly assigned to any Class or Rate of a Class.
1988 H. David Fitzrovians vi. 87 The new Act..established seven rates of housing, no less than four of which applied to the terraces which were rising in the centre of every town and city.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > mode or manner of behaviour or conduct
rate1517
pass1555
forma1616
style1770
pose1892
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun]
writingc1350
mannerc1375
pena1387
langue?a1400
indite1501
rate1517
conveyance?1521
composition1532
turn1533
set1535
tune1537
style1577
composure1601
way1612
language1699
rhetoricity1921
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxviii. 127 There sate Melyzyus in his hye estate... With his crowne and ceptre after the true rate Of an other wordly kynge.
a1529 J. Skelton Caudatos Anglos (1843) 20 Skelton laureat After this rate Defendeth with his pen All Englysh men.
1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. Bv I keip the rait and custume of my dame.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K5 Thus sate they all a round in seemely rate . View more context for this quotation
1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 14 He speaking after the rate of the eldest sonne of Gogmagog; more like a Polyphemus than like a Paul.
1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon v. ii I have not liv'd After the rate to fear another world.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 77 They behaved themselves after another rate in private.
1792 W. Cowper Let. 22 Oct. (1984) IV. 220 I proceed pretty much at the old rate, rising cheerless.., and brightening a little as the day goes on.
1797 J. Woodforde Diary 18 Apr. (1931) v. 27 Mrs. C. very tasty in a pretty Garter blue Sattin Hat, after the most fashionable rate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun]
prickOE
degreec1380
greec1386
largenessa1398
rate1523
size1534
pitcha1568
pin1584
scantling1586
intension1604
assize1625
proportion1641
process1655
to a certain extent1671
intensity1794
level1897
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1130 Of your bounte the accustomable rate.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxix. 83 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 236 O lord, thou knowst in highest rate I hate them all as foes to me.
1617 J. Chamberlain Let. 22 Feb. (1939) II. 55 This feasting begins to grow to an excessive rate.
1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §26 I swore and curst at that most fearful Rate, that she was made to tremble to hear me.
1703 J. Sharp Wks. (1754) II. 105 It is very hard for flesh and blood to live after that rate of strictness.
Phrases
a. after the rate: on the same scale, in proportion. Obsolete.after the rate of: see sense 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] > in (due) proportion
after the rate1427
with respects1590
in proportion1884
1427 Rolls of Parl. IV. 318/2 Alle inhabitantz..paie to oure..soverain Lord xiii s...And so in to ye hiest extente..aftre ye rate.
1430 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 36 (MED) It was agreed þat a prive seal be sent to þe Tresorer and Chamberleins to paie hym..a ml. li. a quarter, or lesse after þe rate, or more for þe tyme of his abidyng þere.
1505 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1901) I. 10 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 784) XXXVI. 1 The gilde..ordened..the stone to wey xvj poundes..and the halffstone after the rayt, and the quarter after the rayt.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxvii Lette two of them be bores, and foure of theym sowes, and so to contynue after the rate.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. v. 124 His manner of vtterance..[is] more plaine, or busie and intricate, or otherwise affected after the rate.
b. after one rate: equally, to an equal extent; in the same manner. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > [adverb]
alsoOE
after onec1385
alikea1393
of the same1399
in likec1400
accordinglyc1449
in like casea1459
after one rate1509
like1529
numericallyc1600
identically1625
undistinguishably1671
formally1682
just the same1874
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > equally
after one rate1509
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clviii The clargy, both pore preste and prelate..vse the same almoste after one rate.
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) f. 129 Therfore shall the world continue alwayes after one rate.
1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits iii. xi, in tr. Seneca Wks. 47 The benefits of all Parents was equall and alike, and therefore it might be valued after one rate, but the rest were diuers, vnlike, and infinite oddes was betweene them.
c. to the rate: (apparently) to the full. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo3v/2 They had their sute, they landed, and too th' rate Grew rich and powerfull.
d. at a (also this) —— rate: in a —— way or manner. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxi At how easie a rate doe these Creatures liue that are fed with rest.
1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iii. iv. sig. G4v I embrace it As a graue aduertisement, and vow heereafter Neuer to signe petitions at this rate.
1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. vii. 219 [He] used me at a Rate, which might have assured me he would deny me nothing.
1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xiii. xviii, in Wks. 369 Let them treat their King..at never so Course a rate, the Multitude would be sure to side with them.
1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 110 Dear Lord! and shall we ever lye At this poor dying rate?
1710 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. I. v. 64 Should I presume to live at this high Rate, I ought to have, at least, a Lord's estate.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 150 A grave and sober Man, and not pleased with their lying at this loose Rate the first Night.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Boarder A tabler; one that eats with another at a settled rate.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. ii. 514 Military preparation does lag at a shameful rate.
1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster I. ii. 51 They lived at a great rate: their house was always open for anyone who chose; their stables were full of horses; their cellars full of wine.
P2.
a. of a rate: (of a number of things) on a par, equal. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > equal
of a rate1542
much at one1686
on a par1726
much of a muchness1728
much of a piece1741
up to ——1809
honours even1864
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 310 The cases of Pericles & Pompeius [were] muchewhat of a rate in all behalfes.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 438 This would..make lazinesse and painfulnesse both of a rate, when beggary was the reward of both.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 48 Their Valours too were of a Rate.
b. at a rate: equally; (also) of equal cost, equally easy to attain. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 203 He also graunted liberty of coyning to certaine Cities and Abbeies, allowing them one staple, and two puncheons at a rate, with certaine restrictions.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 166 Those that raise a new house from the ground are blame worthy if they make it not handsome, seeing to them Method and Confusion are both at a rate.
P3. at any rate.† a. (a) At any price or cost; on any terms; (b) under any circumstances; on any account; (c) by any means. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > by any means
by hook or (also and) by crookc1380
in any casea1398
by some manner of means1580
at any rate1601
per fas et nefas1602
somehow or another1664
somehow or other1664
at all rates1667
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D4v He buyes a fresh acquaintance at any rate.
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 146 Such wayward Girles, whose inflexible natures will neither be woo'd nor wonne at any rate.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqv/2 I have no friend,..or Countrey, but your favour, Which I'le preserve at any rate.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner Pref. sig. Biii Some men..seek in a few years after, to get rid of them at any rate.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 95 People..who go over to the Indies with no other design but to enrich themselves at any rate.
1701 Ballad xiii. 9 While Nobles Sin at any Rate, And Beggar half the Nation.
1722 W. Douglass Postscript to Abuses 1 They who in a publick notorious manner are guilty of such Things are generally for ever and at any Rate the Objects of the highest Resentments of every native of the Country.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 26 We must not..offend our Harry at any Rate.
1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (ed. 3) II. xi. 226 Euripolus, who saw them skelp him, Resolv'd at any rate to help him.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Fatal Boots Mar. The desire for the boots was so strong, that have them I must at any rate.
b. At all events; at least; anyhow, anyway.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > in any case, at all
in any casea1398
algatesc1405
sure1552
in any hand1595
at all adventure (also adventures)1677
at any rate1730
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate
alwayc1405
alwaysa1413
of all hands1548
when all is said and done?1570
after all1590
howevera1616
at all rates1667
at any rate1730
whether or no1784
anyhow1799
anyways1828
anyhows1830
anyway1832
any road1855
anywise1859
whatever1870
any old how1900
anyhoo1924
nohow1926
anyroads1929
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 272 Those deserving Citizens have at any rate kept up the internal Part of a Fabrick.
1765 J. Boswell Let. 11 May in Corr. J. Boswell & J. Johnston (1966) I. 167 At any rate I shall be in no hurry to yoke as my Father calls it.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 442 He recommended, if not a dereliction, at any rate a suspension of the design.
1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. vii. 179 All would be well, or, at any rate, comfortable with her.
1886 H. James Princess Casamassima (1972) i. v. 87 He had at any rate a mind sufficiently enriched to see what she meant.
1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room v. 109 At any rate when Victoria in her nightgown descended to meet her ministers, the lips (through an opera glass) remained red.
1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 63 Here was a family: at any rate, a lot, a mob, a click I could belong to.
1988 R. Rendell Veiled One (1989) xiii. 173 He paused and smiled, or at any rate bared his teeth.
P4. at no rate. Now rare.
a. Under no circumstances, by no means. In later use chiefly Scottish and English regional.
ΚΠ
1649 W. Bullock Virginia impartially Examined vii. 61 They make choice of some place neere a navigable River.., but at no rate doe not strugle too farre from Neighbours, for that's disconsolate.
1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. 81 This was not the effect of starting or shying, to which she [sc. the mare] was at no rate addicted, except sometimes from affectation.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Midlothian in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. viii. 198 Whate'er ye do, dispone Beersheba at no rate.
1832 Fife Herald 28 June We maunna anger the Laird at Nae rate.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 4 Her's that weak her can't away with the childern at no rate!
1903 E. H. Goddard in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 44/1 I couldn't do wi' that at no rate.
1904 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World IV. xiv. 163 Polydamas..alleged his own connection with Lacedaemon, which he would at no rate betray, as an objection that appeared to him insuperable.
1912 Times 19 Mar. 9/3 At no rate will we suffer it to be lessened.
b. Incessantly, unceasingly; very rapidly, in no time.
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1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 80 I expected to have been starved in his Chamber, and the Girles drank Chocolette at no rate in the morning, for fear of the worst.
1712 E. Ward Poet. Entertainer i. 26 They whip'd the Horse to make him Prance..Who flounc'd and gallop'd at no rate, And loudly farting as he ran, Took leave of Master and Man.
1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Irel. II. 126 Away they went tattering along the road, making the fire fly out of the stones at no rate.
1867 A. Daly Legend of Norwood iii. i. 63 Golly, I must be off; the gineral 'll be hollerin for Pete at no rate.
1907 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Apr. 39/1 He was down on the ground, and a boy of the Walshes lickin' him at no rate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate
alwayc1405
alwaysa1413
of all hands1548
when all is said and done?1570
after all1590
howevera1616
at all rates1667
at any rate1730
whether or no1784
anyhow1799
anyways1828
anyhows1830
anyway1832
any road1855
anywise1859
whatever1870
any old how1900
anyhoo1924
nohow1926
anyroads1929
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > by any means
by hook or (also and) by crookc1380
in any casea1398
by some manner of means1580
at any rate1601
per fas et nefas1602
somehow or another1664
somehow or other1664
at all rates1667
1667 G. Mackenzie Moral Paradox 64 Guiltinesse must search out corners, it must at all rates secure favorits, it must shun to meet with such as are conscious to its guilt.
1704 Good Expedient for Innocence & Peace in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 12/2 The vicious Man..will boggle at nothing; but, at all Rates, will climb up to..Posts of Advantage or Authority.
1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 254 Let him at all rates make haste to find it, though for this he should sacrifice every thing else.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 107 Bucklaw's friends..had previously insisted that he should, at all rates, be transported from the castle to the nearest of their houses.
1857 Truths Catholic Relig. (ed. 4) I. 291 They..were determined at all rates that all should know that they could speak strange languages.
P6. at this (also that) rate: in that case, under these circumstances; if things continue in the current manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > in any case, at all > in a particular case
at this (also that) rate1752
case1849
1752 G. G. Beekman Let. 23 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) 152 Some Chaps..have raised it to 4/3 a bushel. At this rate will Soon be at 5/ but am Still of Oppinion will not Exceed it.
1781 Encycl. Brit. VII. 4168/1 It may be asked, how, at this rate, any silver has remained in England?
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xiv. 172 Why, at that rate, you will have been here only six weeks. I expected you to stay two months. View more context for this quotation
1878 H. James Watch & Ward iii. 56 Bald, corpulent, middle-aged—at this rate he would soon be shelved!
1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lx But how, at this rate, did Darwin succeed with the capitalists too?
1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 20 Oh for Heaven's sake dont contradict her, Joe. We shall never get anywhere at this rate.
1994 Chicago Tribune 3 July iii. 10/1 At this rate, it might not matter if Greg Norman and John Daly were playing best-ball in the Motorola Western Open. They still might not beat Nick Price.
P7. at a (also the) rate of knots: see knot n.1 3c.
Compounds
C1. With first element in singular form.
a. (Chiefly in sense 6c.)
(a) General attributive.† rate-master n. Obsolete
rate-aid n.
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1894 Church Times 22 June 678/2 Rate-aid, with its corollary of partially popular control.
1905 Daily Chron. 8 May 4/2 It is intolerable that rate-aid should be given to schools over which the ratepayers do not exercise effective control.
1994 T. May Victorian Schoolroom 12/1 Rate-aid to the school boards (which did not have to balance their demands against other local needs) meant that the schools of the new local authorities could be built on a scale and to a standard which the voluntary societies found difficult to match.
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1641 S. Smith Herring-bvsse Trade 26 The Rate-masters for their appraysement and visiting of each barrel of salt.
rate rebate n.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > other money discounts
defalcation1622
early bird1906
no-claims bonus1933
trade-in1940
rate rebate1965
multibuy1985
1965 Economist 4 Dec. 1050/1 (heading) Rate rebates. Helping the needy.
2007 Illawarra Mercury (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 June 53 It's time..eligible pensioners stood up for themselves and demanded an increase in the local government rate rebates.
rate support n.
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1896 Times 30 Oct. 7/4 Rate aid would soon drift into rate support.
1976 Scotsman 25 Nov. 9/4 They condemned the reduction in rate support for Scotland as mere transfer of existing expenditure from central government to the ratepayer.
1986 Economist 11 Jan. 19/2 His distribution of nearly £12 billion of rate-support grants to local authorities enraged his supporters in the English shires.
(b) Objective.
rate collector n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > rates > rate-collector
rate collector1827
1827 Times 12 Dec. 3/2 Where a party..had afterwards brought an action of trespass against the rate-collector for taking his goods and detaining them till the rate was paid, the action would not lie.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. v. xxxi. 4 Imagine Mr. Langham interviewed by a rate-collector or troubled about coals!
1934 L. Charteris Boodle iii. 74 Mr. Newdick, a man of the world, was jerry to the fact that rate collectors and servers of summonses rarely arrive to their grim work in five-thousand-pound Hirondels.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 138 A two-page schedule of the accommodation required was provided,..including..office space for the rate collector.
rate-making n.
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1827 Times 11 May 4/2 The rate making under the new act..continued from Easter Monday up to a few days ago.
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 126/1 The formation of a Market Research Department to develop new methods of rate-making.
1995 Times 25 Sept. 39/5 Under the wholesale pool proposal, performance-based ratemaking would be used for any services not subject to competition.
ratepayer n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > rates > rate-payer
ratepayer1798
1798 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 VI. 148 Colonel Stanley observed, that not only the Magistrates and the Rate-payers, but the most of the whole county, expressed their warm approbation of the bill.
1841 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. I. 113 The election by the rate payers, of a certain number of vestrymen.
1955 Times 27 June 9/3 No ratepayer can properly gauge the effect of revaluation until he knows what rate his local authority intends to levy in the new dispensation.
1994 Our Schools, our Selves Nov. 122 It is highly unlikely that any future constituency of ratepayers is going to accept a multimillion dollar increase in the school budget.
ratepaying adj. and n.
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1836 Times 18 Jan. 3/6 Insulting the ratepaying farmers.
1837 J. S. Mill Let. ?9 Feb. in Coll. Wks. (1963) XII. 325 It..does no good that would not be done by repealing the ratepaying clauses.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 473 Inhabitancy, not ‘ratepaying’, is the only right test of the Parish Roll.
1985 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 7 May d9 No company is going to reasonably expect that they can use public rights of way and then have no responsibility with respect to rate paying.
1998 Town & Country Planning 67 278/3 The debate was couched largely in terms of the need to protect public property and investment in the interests of rate-paying electors.
rate-setting adj.
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1915 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 29 270 Mr. Taylor evolved, from the rate-setting department at Midvale in 1882 to the full complement of foreman at the Fichburg roller bearing plant about 1900.
1963 Economist 7 Sept. 828/1 The foreign shipowners who dominate the rate-setting consortiums.
2007 Northern Echo (Nexis) 8 May 2 The Bank of England's ratesetting group, the Monetary Policy Committee.
(c) Instrumental.
rate-aided adj.
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1870 Times 29 Apr. 6/3 Other petitions relating to the education question were presented..by Mr. A. Johnston..against doctrinal teaching in rate-aided schools.
1935 Archit. Rev. 77 170/1 Was it not possible that..the provision of so much state or rate-aided teaching had the effect of relieving the various industries of the responsibility for planning and financing their own schools of design?
1988 I. Levitt Poverty & Welfare Scotl. ii. 13 The solutions—rate-aided asylums—posed many problems.
rate-supported adj.
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1868 Times 18 Nov. 6/4 These rate-supported schools should be secular schools.
1991 Independent (Nexis) 23 June 20 Rate-supported libraries have always been in crisis.
b. † rate tithe n. Obsolete a tithe relating to a period of less than a year, the amount due being a proportion of that payable for a full year.
rate-buster n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) a pieceworker whose high productivity causes or threatens to cause a reduction in rates of pay for piecework.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > piece-worker > type of
rate-buster1908
1908 Ogden (Utah) Standard 16 Nov. 8/2 (headline) Denver rate buster is in Salt Lake City.
1939 F. J. Roethlisberger & W. J. Dickson Managem. & Worker xxii. 522 You should not turn out too much work. If you do, you are a ‘rate buster’.
1997 Accountancy Apr. 87/1 No worker was to be either a ‘rate buster’ or ‘chiseller’—respectively producing too much or too little relative to other group members.
rate-busting n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) the fact or practice of undertaking piecework very productively, so that rates of pay are threatened; cf. rate-buster n.
ΚΠ
1967 C. Margerison in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. 31 However, such practices as the prevention of rate-busting are extremely logical and rational from the workers' point of view.
1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses iv. 75 In logging,..since companies established rates at the commencement of the season, it was difficult to perceive any relationship between big producers and rate busting.
rate card n. a list of charges for advertising.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > business of advertising > [noun] > list of advertising charges
rate card1905
1905 E. E. Calkins & R. Holden Art Mod. Advertising 352 A rate-card is a card or printed sheet giving the advertising rates in a given publication.
1977 Listener 31 Mar. 399/2 The NBC and CBS affiliate stations..are getting worried. Can they hold their advertising rate-cards when audiences are falling?
1995 J. Miller Voxpop viii. 111 Marketing types..advertise in the magazines... I've seen the rate cards for Mix Mag.
rate constant n. Physical Chemistry a coefficient of proportionality relating the rate of a chemical reaction at a given temperature to the concentration of reactant (in a unimolecular reaction), or to the product of the concentrations of reactants (in a reaction of higher order).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > chemical kinetics > [noun] > reaction rates > rate constant
rate constant1902
1902 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 6 397 The quotient of the two rate constants is of the same order of magnitude as the equilibrium constant.
1950 W. J. Moore Physical Chem. xvii. 516 The units of the rate constant depend on the order of the reaction.
2005 Law & Health Weekly (Nexis) 10 Dec. 362 An estimated value of 10 L/mol per s has been determined for the second order rate constant k(OH + metformin).
rate-cutting n. the lowering of charges or of rates of pay.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > as calculated pro rata > reduction in
moderation1601
rate-cutting1878
rollback1942
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > decline in prices > cutting prices
cutting1851
rate-cutting1878
price-cutting1887
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > wage-cut > lowering of rates of pay
rate-cutting1878
1878 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. 5/4 Under the new pooling system rate-cutting could not be indulged in.
1903 E. Johnson Railway Transportation 253 In 1901 the competition of the lake lines with the trunk lines for the grain trade led to rate cutting.
1995 L. L. Downs Manufacturing Inequality i. 29 Their inexperience combined with their uniformly low rate of wages..to render them especially vulnerable to the speedups and rate cutting that spread throughout the industry after 1914.
rate-determining adj. that determines the rate at which something occurs; (Physical Chemistry) designating the slowest step in a chemical reaction, the speed of which determines the overall rate of reaction; relating to such a step; also called rate-limiting.
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1900 U.S. Patent 657,829 1/2 In the grounded branch of one wire [of the distributing-mains of a three-wire system]..is placed a rate-determining device..comprising two electromagnets..with confronting poles.
1918 Bot. Gaz. 65 569 The purely chemical phases appear to be the rate-determining portion.
1935 Jrnl. Chem. Physics 3 113 When the rate determining step shifts to the collision process..we again use well-known statistical methods.
2001 Rubber & Plastics News (Nexis) 23 July 14 Of these three successive reaction steps (formation of peroxide radicals, polymer radical induction and crosslinking respectively), the first one is the rate-determining step.
rate factor n. Genetics (now disused) = rate gene n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > factor
determinant1893
factor1901
determiner1909
sex factor1909
rate factor1927
plasmon1932
plasmagene1939
resistance transfer factor1960
rho1969
1927 E. B. Ford & J. S. Huxley in Brit. Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 5 132 Goldschmidt..has conclusively demonstrated rate-factors for sex determination in moths, and for melanin formation in moth larvae.
1945 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 32 445/2 In the single F2 generation analyzed..there is a significant increase in variability of rate over the pure types and the F1, indicating segregation of rate factors.
rate-fixer n. a person who sets a rate of pay (esp. for pieceworkers), interest, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > one who negotiates or fixes pay
rate-fixer1901
wage-bargainer1968
1901 Washington Post 9 Sept. 3 The medical referee of the Pension Office..is the rate-fixer for each individual.
1914 E. T. Elbourne Factory Admin. & Accts. 659 An incompetent ratefixer..will probably be more detrimental to the shop efficiency than an overburdened foreman.
1930 Engineering 30 May 696/2 In this office, the operations are made out on a master card and forwarded to the rate fixers. The latter carefully estimate the cost of the work, and add the workmen's allowance of 33⅓ per cent.
2004 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 22 The Treasury continues to set the national economic objectives for the rate-fixers; the committee simply works out the best way to achieve them.
rate-fixing n. and adj. (a) n. the setting of a rate of interest, pay, etc.; (b) adj. that is responsible for rate-fixing.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > dispute > over wages > fixing of wages
rate-fixing1893
1893 Econ. Jrnl. 3 136 And yet one might still think that the less the Government interfere in the matter of rate-fixing the better.
1907 Daily Chron. 19 Mar 2/6 The operations of a specially-constituted rate-fixing branch as regards piece work in the Royal Carriage Department.
2001 R. Colistete Labour Relations & Industr. Performance i. i. 25 In addition, the period in question was marked by sweeping internal changes in production, which made job evaluation and rate fixing particularly difficult.
rate gene n. Genetics a gene which controls the speed of a particular developmental process; cf. rate factor n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > gene > types of gene
sex determinant1902
sex determiner1909
inhibitor1911
multiple factor1912
modifier1915
autosomal dominant1919
autosomal recessive1919
scute1923
gene1925
suppressor1928
rate gene1932
dominigene1938
buffer1939
polygene1941
switch gene1942
mutator1943
oligogene1943
sickle cell gene1946
supergene1949
ob1950
obese1950
regulator1960
regulator gene1960
regulatory gene1960
enhancer1967
oncogene1969
virogene1969
hedgehog1980
1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth v. 230 (caption) Diagram to show effects of rate-genes on eye pigmentation.
1955 Evolution 9 188/2 The pale orange individuals have almost yellow spots..and these become progressively more orange with age, suggesting the action of a rate gene.
1992 S. W. Itzakoff Road to Equality iv. 37 These rate gene mutations had slowed up maturation development to allow the brain of the individual to grow upward and outward without the usual bony impediments.
rate-limiting adj. = rate-determining adj.
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1939 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 26 770/2 In nature the cells of the carrot root, particularly those near its center where oxygen diffusion would be a rate-limiting factor, do not respire nearly so fast as do the thin slices used in our experiments.
1946 Nature 28 Sept. 448/2 A slow heterolysis of nitric acid cannot depend only on proton transfers, and therefore the rate-limiting fission..must occur in an NO-bond.
1981 R. N. Hardy Endocrine Physiol. i. 5 At the level of individual cells, hormones influence activity basically by controlling one or more rate-limiting steps in the metabolism of the cell.
2006 Pulse (Nexis) 19 Oct. 18 We have had very complex demarcation disputes that govern who can order what, who can do what... It really is a rate-limiting factor on change in the public sector.
ratemeter n. an instrument which measures the rate at which a particular event happens; spec. one which displays or records the rate of occurrence of pulses in an electronic counter, used esp. to measure the intensity of ionizing radiation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [noun] > instrument for counting or recording
counter1924
point-counter1925
tube counter1930
radiation counter1934
ratemeter1941
1935 Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. 8 467 (title) A portable direct-reading X-ray dosage-rate meter.]
1941 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 45 641 The mechanical counter is more accurate for weak activities than the rate meter, which is observed visually.
1962 G. A. T. Burdett Automatic Control Handbk. ix. 33 The electronic system usually associated with nucleonic switches and gauges incorporating Geiger counters is known as a ‘ratemeter’. This unit provides an indication of the rate at which the counter is detecting incident radiation.
1985 C. S. Ward Anaesthetic Equipm. (ed. 2) xi. 238/2 The ventilation rate meter indicates the frequency in cycles per minute of the ventilator.
2001 K. Johnson Physics for You (rev. National Curriculum ed.) xxxix. 349 A radium source is placed near a G–M tube connected to a ratemeter and loudspeaker.
rate poundage n. British a figure (expressed as a number of pence in the pound) by which a property's rateable value is multiplied to determine the amount payable in rates.
ΚΠ
1928 Times 30 June 9/1 The general effect of the scheme of distribution will be..to reduce the rate poundage in most districts.
1988 Which? Mar. 134/1 If your home has a rateable value of £274 and the rate poundage is £1.50 in the pound, you'll have to pay rates of £274 x 1.50 = £411.
2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Oct. 2 The current rate poundage for non-domestic property is 46.1p in Scotland, but 42.2p in England.
ΚΠ
1622 T. Powell Direct. Search of Rec. in Chancerie 74 There are next with the Registers of Courts Christian, Records..For paying of a Rate Tithe.
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Rate Tythe is where Sheep or other Cattel are kept in a Parish for less time than a year, the Owner must pay Tythe for them pro rata according to the Custom of the place.
1798 H. Wood Coll. Decrees Court Exchequer in Tithe-causes III. Table of Contents A custom to pay full tithes of wool for all sheep brought into before, and being in the parish on Candlemas Day, and a rate tithe from sheep brought in after that day, is good.
C2. With first element in plural form.
a. General attributive (sense 6c).
rates aid n.
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1966 Times 11 May 1/4 (heading) Rates aid to start next April.
1990 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Jan. (heading) Small firms urge rates aid.
rates rebate n.
ΚΠ
1966 Times 17 Aug. 8/6 Rates rebates in the first six months' operation of the Rating Act, 1966, are expected to total £6,850,000.
1988 J. Kay & S. Smith Local Income Tax 52 Rates rebates, which are paid as part of housing benefit, provide a way of relating individuals' net payments of local taxes to their income and other circumstances.
rates reduction n.
ΚΠ
1869 Times 19 Aug. 4/4 The new Guardians [of a workhouse]..are connected with a Rates Reduction Association.
1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 90 (heading) How to apply for a rates reduction.
1990 Financial Times (Nexis) 27 Mar. i. 7 Some gainers will see their rates reductions should have been between 30 and 70 per cent.
b.
rates man n. a rate collector.
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1953 D. Thomas Let. 17 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 397 Friendly Brown's can wait. These tradesmen and rates-men can't.
1983 Times 20 Apr. 14/7 (heading) Pastures new for the rates man.
Rates Tribunal n. (also with lower-case initials) British (now historical) (more fully Railway Rates Tribunal) a regulatory body with responsibility for setting the level of standard railway fares and charges, arbitration in disputes between railway companies and rail users, etc.
ΚΠ
1891 Econ. Jrnl. 1 353 It would seem from the evidence of Mr. Findlay, General Manager of the London and North Western Railway, before the Railway Rates Tribunal of last year, that the great majority of railway men admit the principle of publicity.
1941 R. E. Cushman Independent Regulatory Comm. viii. 518 The new rates tribunal is composed of three members appointed, through the Crown, by the Minister of Transport, the President of the Board of Trade, and the Lord Chancellor.
2002 M. Lodge On Different Tracks ii. ii. 44 Domain-oriented reforms, such as the establishment of the Rates Tribunal and the grouping scheme, survived.
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† raten.2
Obsolete. rare.
The spleen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > spleen
milteOE
spleena1300
rottlec1450
rate1486
ratel1503
lien1651
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fiii Than put owt the paunche, and from the paunche taas Away wightly the Rate sich as he haas.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxv. 406 Greeues comming or proceeding from the Rate or Spleene.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Rate of a Boar, a word used by the old Venatory writers for the Spleen of a Boar.]
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raten.3
/reɪt/, U.S. /reɪt/ Hunting. Now rare.
A rebuke to a dog.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > reproof to hound
rate1575
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > to a dog
rate1575
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 30 With your wande you muste..beate him a good while..to the ende that another time he may know the rate.
1781 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting vii. 89 As long as they will stop at a rate, they are not chastised.
1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 578/2 Such hounds as are notorious offenders should also feel the lash, and hear a rate.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 2) i. i. iii. §6. 33 The dog..should be brought back with the already-taught rate, ‘Ware-chase’.
1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 18–24 Nov. 17/1 Never fail to give a severe rate and a flick of your whip if any young hound gives a challenging voice to a bullock, cow, or a strange dog.
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† raten.4
Obsolete. rare.
Ratification.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun]
confirmment1297
confirmationc1330
ratification1420
affirminga1425
interination1489
confirmance1588
rate?1611
endorsement1633
firmation1684
verification1789
seal of approval1833
interinement1883
the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > confirming
ratification1420
rate?1611
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 509 Irrevocable; never fails; never without the rates Of all powers else [Gk. οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάργετον οὐδ' ἀπατηλὸν οὐδ' ἀτελεύτητον].
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† rateadj.1
Obsolete. rare.
Valid; binding.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [adjective] > lawful or valid
ratec1460
lawfulc1480
c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 67 Þat this be rate and ferme with this writyng and our seele puttyng to we avised to be strengthid.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 70 Mariage mad in þrid & ferd degre, aȝen þe ordinaunce of þe kirk, is rate & stable.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. i. 240 The Church of Rome..hath pronounc'd some marriages void which by the Rule of Nature..were rate and legal.
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ratev.1
/reɪt/, U.S. /reɪt/ 1. transitive. To scold, berate, or rebuke vehemently or angrily. With for, †of.
a. With a person as object.In 16th and 17th cent. frequently intensified by all to (cf. all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Phrases 14).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold
chidec1230
ban1340
tongue1388
rate1393
flite14..
rehetec1400
janglec1430
chafec1485
rattle1542
berate1548
quarrel1587
hazen?1608
bequarrel1624
huff1674
shrewa1687
to claw away, off1692
tongue-pad1707
to blow up1710
scold1718
rag1739
redd1776
bullyraga1790
jaw1810
targe1825
haze1829
overhaul1840
tongue-walk1841
trim1882
to call down1883
tongue-lash1887
roar1917
to go off at (a person)1941
chew1948
wrinch2009
1393 Complaint in E. Powell & G. M. Trevelyan Peasants' Rising (1899) 50 The Maior..did openlie rate the said ministers for that they had donne.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 277 He shal be rated [v.rr. arated, reysed] of his studiyng.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 588 Sir Dagonet folowed aftir kynge Marke, cryynge and ratynge hym as a woode man.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Coloss. iii. 21 Fathers rate not youre children.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xi. sig. P.ii She fell in hand with him..& al to rated him.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 77v He neuer lynned rahatyng of those persones [etc.].
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 84v To bee chidden and rahated of all the worlde.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1705/2 He rose vp, and shut the dores, and..rated me, for leauing them vnshut.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 229 The Bishop being angrie, rated the fellow roughly.
1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 160 As if a father..should not be content to chide, beat, and all to rate him.
1680 Don Tomazo 4 Poor Don Tomazo was not onely daily rated and rebuk'd, but frequently and vigorously chastiz'd.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 94 The King was in some Passion at his Men, and rated them for running away.
1775 F. Grose Antiq. Eng. & Wales III. 110 Having rated them soundly with proper efforts of wrath, he bound them by oath to obey him.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley vi. 101 He..began to rate them soundly for their ingratitude.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §3. 363 [Elizabeth] rated great nobles as if they were schoolboys.
1909 Chatterbox 114/2 He found his servants, and rated them soundly for their misbehaviour.
1940 J. Colville Diary 1 June in Fringes of Power (1985) 145 He rated me soundly, but I did not mind as my conscience was, in this case, clear.
a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 105 The man was very pale and sulky, and the woman was rating him and crying her eyes out.
2002 K. Hay in L. Purcell Black Chicks Talking 224 I thought, I didn't do anything extraordinary then or anything I don't usually do, and yet Mum still rated me for it.
b. With an animal as object, esp. a dog. Cf. rate n.3
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > a dog
rate1579
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > scold hound
rate1714
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (transitive)] > train dog > train gun dog or hunting dog > scold hunting dog
rate1714
1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 88v Hee rateth his dogge, for wallowing in carrion.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. 531 Chiefely Paridell his hart did grate, To heare him threaten so despightfully, As if he did a dogge in kenell rate, That durst not barke.
a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1634) 124 The Shepheard sets his Dogge upon his Sheepe to bring them in, but when they are brought in, he rates his Dogge.
c1662 Life & Death Mrs. Mary Frith 85 The Maid was busie up and down, and my Dog lying in her way she took occasion to rate him and gave him a kick.
1714 A. Stringer Experienc'd Huntsman 107 One Man must mind the hunted Deer, and the rest must rate the Hounds.
1781 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting vii. 98 When hounds are rated, and do not answer the rate, they should be coupled up immediately.
1827 Sporting Mag. Dec. 124/2 A small trap door opens close to Tommy's head when in bed, through which either himself or his wife..can rate the hounds.
1845 W. Youatt Dog (1858) 77 If he is immediately called in and rated, or perhaps corrected,..he will learn his proper lesson.
1850 ‘H. Hieover’ Pract. Horsemanship ix. 190 Instead of striking or even rating the horse, speak encouragingly to him.
1954 J. I. Lloyd Beagling 142 Rate. to scold a hound or hounds.
1981 B. Carter Black Fox Running xxxiv. 218 The hounds were breathing heavily... Dashwood gave immediate tongue and was rated by the first whip.
2. intransitive. To deliver a rebuke or scolding using strong or angry language. Chiefly with at. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > scold
scold1377
chide1393
channerc1480
ratea1529
chowre1567
flite1568
to scold it outa1592
to speak or look daggers1603
snub1694
to read the Riot Act1784
row1843
rouse1896
roust1901
to bust (a person's) balls1946
to bust on1961
a1529 J. Skelton Caudatos Anglos (1843) 56 That dronke asse, That ratis and rankis..On Huntley bankes.
1580 T. Lupton Siuqila (new ed.) 32 He did not onelye chide and rate at him for asking some almes of him, but also went awaye, and gaue him nothing at al.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 175 If those..Be thus vpbrayded, chid, and rated at. View more context for this quotation
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 224 There were four Lions..under one mans charge, who never ceas'd raving and rating after them.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 98 Mrs. Jewkes..fell a rating at her most sadly.
1795 R. Cumberland Wheel of Fortune iv. 50 Have not I danc'd attendance long enough upon his humors..been as mute as a fish whilst he rated at the servants?
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. vii. 85 Her step-mother..seemed seldom to address her but to rate and chide.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 79 Such a one As all day long hath rated at her child.
1928 W. de la Mare Come Hither (new ed.) 589 When his Mother and the rest rated at him..he said, ‘She is the cause of my undoing’.
3. transitive. To drive away (also back, from, off, etc.) with rebukes or by scolding. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > drive away by scolding
rate1575
chide1600
row1908
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > by rating
rate1575
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > drive away by scolding > a dog
rate1575
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 132 The Varlets of the kennel..rate away the houndes.
1575 G. Gascoigne Faulconrie 183 Ryding..about hir on horsebacke, and rating backe your Spaniels.
1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes v. iii. sig. F I am a dogge, and Phylosophy rates mee from carion.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 101 He..Rated mine vnkle from the counsell boord.
1640 W. Bridge True Souldiers Convoy 35 Afflictions shall be all rated of in due time, as the dog is when he falleth upon a friend.
1672 J. Eachard Let. 116 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered None but God alone can rate off Satan.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. App. 72/2 All attempts of surviving Malice..give me leave to Rate off with Indignation.
1731 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XIV. iv. 104 If the Hounds ran Riot..they are rated off.
1755 Fanny I. 45 A servant or two were so humane, as not only to rate off the dog, but to raise me on my seat, upon the bare ground.
1872 A. C. Steele Broken Toys II. xxv. 151 Ben Alymer..took up the butt-end of his gun and rated the pointer back.
1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 44/1 Rate off your dog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
ratev.2
/reɪt/, U.S. /reɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. In passive. To be assessed or valued for purposes of taxation; to be liable or subjected to payment of a certain rate. Also figurative. Cf. rate n.1 6c.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [verb (intransitive)] > be valued for taxation
rate1457
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become liable to rates
rate1726
1457–8 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A.81.5.3a (MED) Þe said Shelley & Bungey came to Northmymmes and there mette his land and oþere mennes tenantz þere also..to haue rated and encreced þe same Landes after certeyntees in fortefying of þe said new rentall.
1580 Act 23 Eliz. c. 15 §27 The Inhabitants of the Parishe of St Martyn..shalbe assessed, rated and taxed [etc.].
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 108 Whether the remainder man..shall be rated and taxed, or not, by the power of these Laws, is an apt question for this place.
1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn sig. A4 About 1400 sorts, or distinctions of Commodities, rated to pay Customs.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. vi. 88 Constancy, Chastity, good Sense, and good Nature were not rated, because they would not bear the Charge of Collecting.
1763 R. Burn Eccl. Law II. 232 They are..liable to contribute to watch and ward, to the repair of the highways, and may be rated or taxed by the commissioners of sewers.
1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 154 This is rated in the manor to which it belongs.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 Feb. 395/2 One poor parish in this very Union is rated to the amount of five and sixpence in the pound.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. l. 68 Houses are generally rated at a value somewhat below the amount of the rent.
1923 Eng. Hist. Rev. 38 313 The house and garden are rated separately.
1969 A. MacLean Puppet on Chain iv. 64 In the old days the houses here were rated on the width of the frontage.
1984 Which? Mar. 102/2 If you're claiming a reduction because your house is rated more highly than similar ones nearby, line up several specific examples which back your case.
2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 19 Feb. 8 As most of us are probably living in houses rated lower than Band D, we will be paying less than £30 a year in extra council-tax.
b. transitive. In passive. To be subjected or liable to (a payment). Now historical. to be rated to the poor: to be liable to pay poor relief.
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1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxv. 230 Clergie-men are deeply rated to all payments.
1694 J. Crowne Regulus i. 1 Were you not rated to the publick charge?
1742 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity XVI. 425 All things which are real and bring in a yearly revenue may be rated and tax'd to the poor.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 419 The estimation by which Great Britain is rated to the land-tax. View more context for this quotation
1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 385 He shall have been rated to all poor rates..of the place.
1881 C. Rossetti Called to be Saints v. 295 I, rated to the full amount, Must render mine account.
1926 D. Marshall Eng. Poor 18th Cent. ii. 82 Hale was clearly of the opinion that stock-in-trade ought to have been rated to the relief of the Poor.
1990 V. Pearl in J. Barry Tudor & Stuart Town vi. 157 92 householders were rated to the poor in this year, suggesting that in a rich parish, as this was, a very high proportion of householders paid towards the poor rate.
c. transitive. Insurance. to rate up: to impose a higher rate of insurance on (a person) due to increased risk. Frequently in passive.
ΚΠ
1894 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 4 122 The lives which were rated up are..more favorable in proportion to the lives rated up in the general experience of the [insurance] Society.
1922 Times 30 Sept. 14/3 On middle-aged lives and over, the proposed insured is ‘rated up’ considerably for almost any defect.
1981 Jrnl. Risk & Insurance 48 528 Cite the probability of being rejected or rated up if the prospective insured postpones buying.
1999 M. V. Pauly & B. Herring Pooling Health Insurance Risks ii. 18 The maximum amount that a standard premium would be rated up is about 200 percent.
2. † a. transitive. To fix, assign, or settle the amount of (a payment, fine, etc.). Obsolete.† b. transitive. To divide proportionally; to allot or apportion (money). Also: to give or assign (a person) his or her share. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 178/2 After the rate and afferant of the seid Rent, to be rated and affered with the seid Burgage.
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xviii. 160 To rate the fine according to the greatnesse of the trespasse.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 87 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) My purpose is to rate the rent of all those lands of her Maiesties.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 201 It was referred to the King to rate how much he should pay.
1755 W. Bunbury Rep. Cases Court Exchequer 116 No Fine by the Privy Seal can be rated without the Leave of the Lord Chief Baron and the Attorney General.
1817 R. Ruding Ann. Coinage Brit. I. 205 The nummulary Talent, which was in common use by the Greeks, and according to which the Anglo-Saxons rated their greater fines, that is, by multiples of 60 Pounds.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > in due proportion
proportiona1475
rate1491
apportionate1523
apportion1528
limit1530
discribe1531
applot1633
proportionate1637
admeasure1641
prorate1858
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 20 §6 The same DC. Marcs to be rated and apporcioned betwix the seid Mary and Elizabeth.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 679/2 I rate one, I set one to his porcyon or stynte... He wolde eate more than thre and he might be suffred, but I shall rate hym well ynoughe.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 31v It is rated out vnto you by a plain rule, howe muche or litel ye ought to require of the people for any duetie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 25 We had not rated him His part o' th' Isle. View more context for this quotation
1661 A. Marvell & A. Gilby Let. 18 May in Poems & Lett. A. Marvell (1971) II. 25 A bill for inabling Church-wardens to rate such monys as are necessary for the repaire of the Churches.
c. transitive. To set or fix (wages or another regular payment) at a certain rate. Now historical and rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > fix payment at certain rate
rate1587
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1541/2 The commissioners made election of all necessarie officers, and rated their wages in this sort. The treasuror..to haue for euerie fiftie pounds receiued and disbursed, six shillings eight pence.
1597 Act 39 Eliz. c. 12 in Statutes of Realm (1819) IV. ii. 913 The said Statute..shall by force of this Acte give Auctority, to all persons having any such Auctoritye, to rate Wages of any Laborers Weavers Spinsters and Workmen or Workweomen whatsoever.
1664 F. Philipps Mistaken Recompense 19 Their [sc. labourers, carpenters, etc.] wages were not rated and proportioned, according to the plenty, necessity, and scarcity, and respect of the time, as was politiquely intended by..Queen Elizabeth.
1700 P. B. Help to Magistrates 71 Every Justice..that shall not Assemble at Easter Sessions..to Rate the Wages of Servants Forfeits 10l.
1794 T. Ruggles Hist. Poor II. xxxi. 109 The inference, with respect to the ratio which agricultural labour bore, when wages were rated, to the necessities of life, can be easily drawn; and when drawn, will prove that the practice was not favourable to the labourer.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. iii. 95 From household servants being mostly paid by time, the generality of persons are most familiar with wages so rated.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 165 It was..the cost of their maintenance as rated by themselves which they threateningly demanded.
1922 Yale Law Jrnl. 32 30 A form used by the justices of peace, showing how wages were rated in the seventeenth century.
1975 S. C. Mehta Industr. Cooperatives in India xv. 215 Wages were rated according to skill and increments were generally not prevalent.
3. † c. transitive. To assign a certain value to (coins or metals) as, or in relation to, monetary standards. Chiefly in passive. Also with to. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To value at a certain worth, sum, or degree of merit. Also with other prepositions as above, below, or with adverbs, as high, highly, low, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on
praisea1325
extendc1330
appraise1424
value1434
value1439
setc1460
valure1487
appreciate1512
rate1555
estimate1611
put1755
1555 in W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales (1666) xlviii. 135 Turky-Chicks 4. rated at iiiis. a piece 00. 16. 00.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 249 The Hospital of S. Laurence,..rated at twentie poundes yearely.
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) xiii. 221 They brought out their Books and burnt them..; which..were rated at 50000 pieces of silver.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 21 Slaves and Negroes are usually rated at about 15l. one with another.
1720 D. Manley Power of Love i. 55 She seemed every way easy, except the Torment she felt in her Mind for Don Carlos's sight, which she now rated at the Price she had pay'd for it.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 41 Human life is lower rated in all parts of Italy than with us.
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. iii. v. 257 A future age..may rate high this poor invention.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 191 Each offence against morality was rated at its specific money value.
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 57 You rate yourself too humbly.
1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples I. ii. iii. 151 Robert did not rate his chances sufficiently high to compete with either of the legitimate heirs.
1990 Ld. Hailsham Sparrow's Flight xiii. 86 Being a Chancery barrister, no one at the time rated him at his true worth as an advocate.
2006 L. Walsh Sins against Sci. vi. 214 He understands gold fever and rates it above an adventureless life.
b. transitive. To estimate or assess the worth, value, or (formerly) nature of; to appraise; †to price (obsolete).to rate by candle-end: see candle-end n. 1c.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > place value on
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valure1487
reckonc1515
even1571
valuate1588
value1589
rate1599
seta1616
ventilate?c1682
eventilate1706
appreciate1769
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > set or fix price (of)
loveOE
prizea1325
setc1420
make1423
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price1471
ratify1511
to set up?1529
apprize1533
rate1599
to set down1599
pitch1624
tax1846
to charge1889
sale-price1959
1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 50 When she rates things,..The name of Reason she obtaines by this.
1626 Sir R. Cotton in W. A. Shaw Monetary Tracts (1896) 44 Being all either Mechanicks or Merchants, they can rate accordingly their labours or their wares..to the present condition of their money in exchange.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 48 It were likewise better to agree with Painters, to have their work rated on running measure.
1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 You may see them gilt, and in Royal Paper, of Five or Six Hundred Pages, and rated accordingly.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 166. ⁋8 Instead of rating the man by his performance, we rate too frequently the performance by the man.
1804 Monthly Anthol. 1 106 If a student's talents be generally rated rather according to his imagined genius, than his actual attainments [etc.].
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. 226 We English are capable of rating him far more correctly if we knew him better.
1928 Personnel Jrnl. Feb. 339/1 The supervisors were..all asked to rate the same group of men.
1950 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 63 521 The Ss..rated each pair on a scale of similarity.
1965 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 35 199 Every specific job was rated, and actual crediting of points was based upon efficiency and quality of work.
2007 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 16 May The houses are rated according to their facilities and amenities.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > assign value
rate1685
1685 W. Penn Perswasive to Moderation to Dissenting Christians 39 The Scandal can hardly be removed: To over-value Coyn, and Rate Brass to Silver, Beggers any Country.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 30 Our Money did us little Service, for the People neither knew the Value or the Use of it, nor could they justly rate the Gold in Proportion with the Silver.
1758 J. Harris Ess. Money & Coins II. 60 Let us suppose that in England gold coins are rated five per cent. higher in proportion to silver.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. v. 51 Copper is rated very much above its real value. View more context for this quotation
1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 339/2 In England, copper pence and halfpence are rated at about 72 per cent. above their real value.
1893 Ld. Aldenham Colloquy on Currency (1900) iv. 111 Silver was the standard; gold was rated to it.
4.
a. transitive. To reckon, consider; to esteem, count as. Frequently with complement. Formerly with to and infinitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)]
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adjudgec1440
reckonc1440
peisec1460
ponderate?a1475
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trutinate1528
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sense1564
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figure1854
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lowball1973
?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death iii. x. 238 Then shoulde not he [sc. Themistocles] afterwarde haue been rated, as a betrayer of Grekeland.
1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. 100 Thus God must be rated to Gouerne aboue, and the Pope beneath.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 179 All that life can rate Worth name of life, in thee hath estimate. View more context for this quotation
1659 Lady Alimony ii. v. sig. E2 This Lady would not rate her worth so small As to forego both Use and Principal.
1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 6. ⁋3 The Buildings would be rated as Lumber.
1776 S. Johnson Let. 11 May (1992) II. 327 Surely I may rate myself among their benefactors.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 15 A king, Whom all men rate as kind and hospitable.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. iv. 82 Consider well: my memory good is rated.
1898 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 18/5 The common stocks have already come to be rated as among the best trading stocks in the securities market.
1926 Jrnl. Mammalogy 7 35 I rated it as capable of learning quickly, and not difficult to tame.
1962 Observer 25 Feb. 21/4 I still rate him the tops.
1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) ii. 11 He rated this a weak, uninspired start.
b. intransitive. To have a certain rating or position; to count, rank, or be considered as.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] > be rated or regarded as
to pass for (also as)1463
likenc1570
rate1819
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as
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1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 4 The deed he saw could not have rated higher That [read than] his most worthless life.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters 166 My master was to be permitted to rate as a full journeyman.
1881 Scribner's Monthly July 340 Walrus ivory..rates as high as the best elephant-teeth.
1928 Amer. Speech 3 220 Price is rating pretty high with Betty these days.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 23 May 16/6 She will rate near the top of her class, which means that in racing she will have to give time to most of her competitors.
1961 Observer 12 Mar. 29 (advt.) You can be an important person all the same. You'll certainly rate as one if you own a ‘Retinette’, the Kodak precision camera.
1977 National Observer (U.S.) 1 Jan. 1/4 Toy poodles rate dumbest in a test you can give your dog too.
1983 C. P. Gibbs in T. H. Stanley & W. C. Petty New Anesthetic Agents, Devices & Monitoring Techniques iii. 29 [Diabetes] rates as the most common medical complication of pregnancy.
2000 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 June e3 Salary rated a surprising 18th out of 44 factors.
c. transitive. Originally U.S. To merit, deserve, warrant; to be accorded; to be deemed worthy of.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill)
earnOE
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ofgo1340
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promerit1581
be-earn1596
supererogate?1624
emerit1648
rate1906
1870 E. Greey Queen's Sailors II. i. 2 ‘March to the joss-house!’ ‘Pilot says he don't think they rate one, sir... It's a werry one-horse sort of a place.’
1906 T. Beyer Amer. Battleship 222 Say, Mickey, what must a man be to rate a military funeral?
1928 Amer. Speech 3 220 Did you rate a bid to the Kappa party?
1940 A. W. Fearn My Days of Strength xiv. 153 Fond as the Chinese are of weddings and funerals, only virgins in China rate weddings with all the trimmings.
1959 Listener 4 June 992/3 Nor is one certain..whether C. W. Brodribb or Harold Child, nice men though they both were, really rate the Dictionary of National Biography.
1974 ‘A. Gilbert’ Nice Little Killing vi. 82 He got out his old second-hand car—the village bobby didn't rate a panda.
1991 B. Tulloch Migrations (BNC) 100 The arrival of wheatear, bonxie and whimbrel often rate a mention on local news broadcasts or in weekly newspapers.
2005 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Oct. f14 Is there one rule change that rates a big thumbs-up?
d. intransitive. colloquial. To have a high standing; to matter; (also) to fulfil expectations.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)]
reckeOE
recka1250
attainc1374
beforcec1375
pertaina1382
concern1477
import1539
signifya1616
to trench into (unto)1621
to bear (a) (great) state1623
urge1654
relate1655
bulk1672
refer1677
argufy1751
to be no small drinka1774
tell1779
reckon1811
to count for (much, little, nothing, etc.)1857
to stand for something (or nothing)1863
shout1876
count1885
mind1915
rate1926
1926 E. R. Silvers Spirit of Menlo viii. 84 Neither Ned nor I was among the players picked. ‘We don't rate,’ I said to Ned.
1938 Chatelaine Feb. 44/1 Nowadays to really ‘rate’ you must have more than an attractive face and figure.
1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 112/1 The eye is anxiously turned on the neighbor or friend with a ‘How do I measure up?’ ‘Do I rate?’
1967 Listener 14 Sept. 350/3 As a rock group, then, the Kinks don't rate musically.
1985 T. Babinski in E. Denig Geogr. Public Relations Trends xl. 390 In terms of some of the well established ways of measuring cost effectiveness..some sponsorships just don't rate.
2005 C. Rowthorn et al. Japan (Lonely Planet) (ed. 9) 68 For the Japanese, foreign-produced rice just doesn't rate.
e. transitive. British colloquial. To set a high value on, to think much of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)]
haveeOE
weenc1000
praisec1250
setc1374
set by1393
endaunt1399
prizec1400
reverencec1400
tender1439
repute1445
to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457
to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475
pricec1480
to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483
force1509
to look upon ——c1515
to have (also hold) in estimationc1522
to make reckoning of1525
esteem1530
regard1533
to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540
value1549
to make dainty of (anything)1555
reckon1576
to be struck on1602
agrade1611
respect1613
beteem1627
appreciate1648
to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665
to think small beer of1816
to think the world of1826
existimate1847
reckon1919
rate1973
1973 Times 10 Feb. 7/7 You can never be sure of Brazil, of course, but I don't rate the South Americans next time. I believe 1974 will be dominated by the Europeans.
1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 85/1 I must say we rated our chances going up to Headingley.
1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 85 Ah nivir fuckin rated the plukey cunt, but ah wis fuckin disappointed in the hard cunt, or the so-called hard cunt, like.
2006 P. Williams Rise & Fall Yummy Mummy iii. 38 I don't rate her taste in men.
5. transitive. To assess, estimate, or measure the amount or sum of.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)]
rimeeOE
arimec885
atellc885
talec897
i-telle971
tellOE
readc1225
reckon?c1225
aima1375
numbera1382
denumber1382
accounta1393
casta1400
countc1400
umberc1400
ascribe1432
annumerate?a1475
to sum upa1475
annumbera1500
ennumber1535
reckon?1537
tally1542
compute1579
recount1581
rate1599
catalogize1602
to add up1611
suma1616
enumeratea1649
numerate1657
to run up1830
to figure out1834
figure1854
to count up1872
enumer1936
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 18 It hath lost by the Dunkerkers a thousand pound..and other losses not rated.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 44 When we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the Erection.
1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A ij b Tis not Life, but Time, we ought to rate.
a1726 N. Brady Several Serm. (1730) I. v. 102 We must cast our Eyes backwards upon our past Lives, and run over the several Scenes of Vanity and Sin, before we can be able to rate our Losses.
1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 173 There shall he pause with horrent brow, to rate What millions died—that Cæsar might be great!
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiv. 19 They, by the measure paced..Made me to rate the riches of their joy.
1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. July 97/2 It appears to be a general custom among the towns to rate the number of inhabitants as high as possible.
1919 Amer. Econ. Rev. 9 376 It was decided to rate the size of each family in proportion to the number of ‘adult male units’ that it contained.
1962 Which? Oct. 295/1 We tested 12 brands [of water softening units], choosing the size that sells most widely to ordinary consumers, with a capacity (rated by the manufacturer) as near as possible to 900 gallons.
1998 N. Finzsch in N. Finzsch & D. Schirmer Identity & Intolerance viii. 186 Reliable estimates rated the population at 150,000 inhabitants.
6.
a. transitive. Nautical. To place in a certain class or rank; to give a rating to (a seaman, ship, etc.).
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society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [verb (transitive)] > assign to class or rank
rate1707
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [verb (transitive)] > place sailor in rank or class
rate1707
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [verb (transitive)] > place or remove vessel in or from class
disrate1885
rate1885
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 19 These..are rated able on his Ship's Books.
1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 7 Each man..shall have two months pay advanced him, according to the class in which he is rated.
1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr. (U.S.) 3 379 The Captain is to take care..not to rate them on the ship's books in a worse quality, or lower degree or station, than they served in the ship they were removed from.
1803 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. ccxiv Captain Hillyar has been so good as to say he would rate you Mid.
1811 D. Milne Let. 24 Nov. in William & Mary Q. (1930) 10 282 She is, however, a very fine ship, and being rated a 78, has an additional number of men.
1885 Hunt's Yachting Mag. 383 As a ketch she should be rated as a B schooner.
1887 W. Besant World went very well Then I. i. 10 On board that ship I was rated as surgeon.
1909 T. Beyer Life in Navy 60 Members of the crew are often rated yeomen when found qualified. There are four rates of yeomen; chief, first-class, second-class and third-class.
1976 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 120 337/1 78 per cent of the men rated as seamen were concentrated in the 18-30 age range.
2001 Assoc. Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 25 June Currently rated a seaman, she will be promoted to petty officer this summer.
b. transitive. Nautical. Of a ship: to have a rate (rate n.1 12b) corresponding to (a specified number of guns). Now historical.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [verb (intransitive)] > have a certain rating
rate1809
1809 Naval Chron. 22 362 She rates 36 guns, and is to be named the Malacca.
1812 Times 9 Oct. 3/5 The Constitution rates 44 guns, and mounts 55.
1882 T. Roosevelt Naval War 1812 (2004) ii. 20 Comparison of British frigates rating 38, and American frigates rating 44 guns.
2003 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 20 July 3 The 1797 frigate rated 38 guns, displaced 1,278 tons [etc.].
c. transitive. gen. To assign a specific named rating to, esp. according to an established scale; to classify, categorize.With uses in the context of films cf. rating n.1 5c.
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1898 Daily News 28 Nov. 7/4 Before the colonies had secured their independence four of them were rated as Viceroyalties, and five as Captain-Generalships.
1910 J. Evers Baseball in Big Leagues iii. 49 The National and American Leagues were rated as major leagues, the Eastern and American Association as secondary major leagues.
1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Feb. 2/3 The [film]..was rated R (no one under 17 admitted without parent or guardian).
1982 Time 5 July 62 Proposing that the film be rated ‘Child Guidance Recommended’.
1993 Canad. Living Jan. 67/2 Provide them with a sunscreen that's rated SPF 15 or higher.
1998 Rock & Ice Sept. 32/2 The [climbing] route was rated 13d by first ascensionist Dan Michael.
2004 F. Lawrence Not on Label iv. 115 The GI [diet] takes glucose as the benchmark with a value of 100 and foods are rated high, medium or low depending on how they compare with that.
7. transitive. To ascertain the variation of (a chronometer, timepiece, etc.) from true time.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [verb (transitive)] > ascertain variation in
rate1821
1821 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 111 362 These two [sc. chronometers] were selected out of a great number which the former Gentleman was employed in rating.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 36 The facilities which they offer for rating chronometers.
1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) v. 193 The watch used in rating chronometers, should..be carried in a box.
1919 Proc. Royal Soc. 1918–19 A. 95 542 Instead of rating the sub-synchronous pendulum by the method of coincidences against a standard clock or chronometer.., it may itself be allowed to function as a clock, the rate being determined by comparison with any timekeeper whose accuracy can be relied on.
1984 Antiquarian Horol. Dec. 104 (advt.) Offered unrestored, but will be fully overhauled and rated if required.
2004 A. David in W. Glover Charting Northern Waters 28 As well as making the necessary observations for rating the chronometers.., they had also carried out observations to establish the fundamental positions of stars in the southern heaven.
8. transitive. To assign a standard, optimal, or limiting rating (rating n.1 3) to (a device, engine, etc.). Frequently with at the value concerned. Usually in passive.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > assign a rating to (a piece of equipment, etc.)
rate1856
1856 J. T. Lloyd Steamboat Directory 42 The second steamboat of the West was a diminutive vessel called the ‘Comet’. She was rated at twenty-five tons.
1893 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 10 255 Manufacturers cannot accurately rate their fuse-wire unless the length of the specimen to be used is specified.
1905 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 35 388 Fuses rated to blow with an excess current of 50 per cent of their normal carrying capacity get far too hot.
1953 J. Liston Power Plants for Aircraft i. 7 Nearly all aircraft power plants are capable of developing much more power than that at which they are rated.
2006 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 17 Feb. a17 When supplying electricity to power-hungry items such as small air compressors, you will need a 14 to 12 gauge cord..rated at 15 amps.
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1881 Chicago Times 12 Mar. Large quantities of freight have been rated through to New York by..other lines.
10. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To cause to proceed at a moderate pace, to regulate the pace of; (Horse Racing) to ride (a horse) at a steady pace, conserving the animal's energy for the finish. Also intransitive (of a horse): to be ridden in this way.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > cause to proceed at moderate speed
rate1920
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse
to carry weight1734
to get up1840
screw1840
to come again1841
to set to1856
to wait off1856
romp1869
to answer the question1875
compound1876
to gallop to a standstill1892
nick1898
to take up1912
rate1920
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [verb (intransitive)] > carry rider > be ridden at moderate pace
rate1920
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride (a horse) at a moderate pace
rate1946
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > actions of rider
bore1677
jostle1723
pinch1740
pull1781
rope1854
screw1855
corner1861
ride1863
ready1887
poach1891
nurse1893
to ask (a horse) the question1894
stiffen1900
shoo1908
rate1946
stop1954
niggle1963
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > ride at moderate pace
rate1946
1920 H. C. Witwer in Collier's 3 July 9/2 Ring generalship, that's what you're minus, and the only way you can get it is by experience. You gotta be rated along, not rushed... Many a promisin' kid has been ruined at the start by bein' overmatched.
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 28 June 9/2 Villa Nova, escaping the jam at the half-mile pole, was rated to head of stretch, then closed well through last eighth of a mile.
1977 N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. i. 12/5 He rated Red Vesta perfectly in front, kicked clear in the straight and won comfortably.
1977 Time 20 June 51/2 But Turner's gentle methods have made Slew, a natural front runner, into a sound horse who ‘rates kindly’, or can tolerate another horse in front of him—at least for a while.
2001 America's Horse Jan.–Feb. 44/2 You've got to be able to check your horse's speed and rate the beast—stay right with it—not get ahead of or behind it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
† ratev.3
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To ratify.
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the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > confirm or ratify [verb (transitive)]
confirm1297
ratify1357
endoss1381
approve1413
roborate?a1475
establish1533
justify1596
firm1599
rate?1611
affeera1616
tie1623
convalidate1656
sanction1778
accredit1826
countersign1840
endorse1847
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > make conclude or seal (an agreement)
binda1300
smitec1330
takec1330
ratify1357
knitc1400
enter1418
obligea1522
agree1523
conclude1523
strike1544
swap1590
celebrate1592
rate?1611
to strike up1646
form1736
firm1970
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 123 That they from thence might call King Priam,..to rate the truce they swore.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 230 That all the Gods..may to us be witnesses and rate What thou hast vow'd.
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