† rate-likeadv.
Obsolete.
Proportionately; = rateably adv.
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for the rate upon1425
rately1472
rate-like1476
rateably1490
partlike1531
analogically1570
pro rata1575
fairly1731
1476 Will of Sir John Crosby (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/6) f. 187 An equall defalcacion or diminucion pounde poundelike penny pennylike and rate ratelike of all the legates aforesaide.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxviiv And so rate rate lyke from the lowest benefyce to the hyghest.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvii. 970 Taxing euerie towne ratelike with bands & numbers [of soldiers].
1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. 188 Eche one shall haue his part rate and rate like, according to the proportion of their first aduenture, and not otherwise.
?1694 Action sur le Case in Robinson's Bk. Special Entries 83 Anglice Rate and Rate like.
1743 Rep. Cases Chancery 4 Nov. (1765) I. 93 This construction must be confined to cases where there is a deficiency, for it is then only the creditors are to have a portion rate-like.
1755 R. Burn Justice of Peace I. 105 His money, goods, chattels, wares..ordered for payment of the creditors, to every creditor a portion rate-like, according to the quantity of his debts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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