ratingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈreɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈreɪdɪŋ/

Forms: see rate v.² and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rate v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rate v.² + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of rate v.² in various senses, esp. the action of setting rates.

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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

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

1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §10 In the makinge and ratinge of the sayde yerely values.

1545 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors 15 b By the parcyal act of ratyng of vytellys.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 87 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) What rating of rents meane you?

1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage xi. 109 In the 11 of Henry the Seventh [sc. c. 22] there was a new Statute for the rating of Servants wages.

1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 129 Rating of the wages of servants, artificers, and labourers, is also..of very ancient date.

1789 Minutes Court Martial I. Coffin 20 Previous to the ship's sailing from England, did I not give up the rating of the ship's company entirely to you and the rest of the officers?

1859 J. Bright Speeches 41 The system of rating forms the basis of the elective franchise.

1884 B'ham Daily Post 23 Dec. 3/5 Watch-jobber wanted; one who thoroughly understands the cleaning and rating of Chronometers.

1907 J. D. Chorlton (title) The rating of land values.

2006 Ayr (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 29 Sept. 3 Council revalued every rate notice by having different categories for different areas of rating.

b. An amount or percentage fixed as a rate; spec. (in later use) an insurance premium.

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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

1841 G. W. R. Baxter Bk. of Bastiles 538/2 Your petitioners..were paying a quarterly poor-rate of 10d. in the pound..; but since that period, they have been re-assessed at an additional rating of sixteen per cent.

1848 Rep. Sel. Comm. Agric. Customs 240 in Parl. Papers VIII. 1 The liability which the property might incur as to the additional rating.

1887 S. D. Horton Silver Pound 77 A suggestion to change..the permitted rating of the Guinea in Government offices.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 481 The practice of applying an extra rating for residence in the tropics..has been found to work fairly on the whole.

1951 J. B. Maclean Life Insurance (ed. 7) xi. 272 Where..it is found that a medical impairment no longer exists, it is the usual practice to remove the extra rating.

2006 National Underwriter (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Life & Health/Financial Services ed.) 20 Surgical intervention..usually does not suggest an extra rating unless complications develop from the surgery.

c. Insurance. rating up: the action or process of imposing a higher rate of insurance due to increased risk; an instance of this.

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1895 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 4 377 The Canada Life has not done much ‘rating up’ or insuring of diseased lives.

1911 Times 1 Nov. 17/3 Many actuaries are just as strict as ever in the selection and rating up of lives.

1981 Jrnl. Risk & Insurance 48 528 Discuss briefly the hazards which can cause rejection or rating up.

2007 M2 PressWIRE (Nexis) 3 Apr. An asthmatic smoker who has no more than 10 cigarettes a day will pay standard rate insurance with one insurer but will face an automatic rating up to 50% from another.

2. Chiefly Nautical.

a. The position or class held by a person on a ship's books. Also in extended use: a person's position, status, or class.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > position or class of sailor

rating1702

rate1707

1702 London Gaz. No. 3815/3 The Names, Qualities or Ratings of the Company of such Man of War.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack ii. 12 As he no longer did the duty of coxswain..he was not entitled to the rating.

1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 150 When my ‘rating’, or graduation in the school, was to be settled.

1876 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Aug. 2/2 Of what use is it promoting men from the lower-deck ratings and making them officers if..they are to be treated as if they still held their lower-deck ratings?

1961 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself 120 The next time ratings were given out Carter jumped at a bound from private to Sergeant ¼.

2006 All Hands (Nexis) 1 Apr. 4 While there are important advantages to the Navy, merging ratings has a significant impact on the Sailors affected and their careers.

b. Originally in plural. In the Royal Navy and Commonwealth navies: enlisted sailors of a rank subordinate to warrant officers and commissioned officers. In later use also singular. Also in extended use.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > others

press-gang1693

young gentleman1784

sidesman1803

side boy1823

trouncer1867

rating1877

Navy Leaguer1898

requestman1916

tiger1929

mineman1943

shore patrolman1944

striker1944

ping1948

pinger1961

bubblehead1965

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > position or class of sailor > sailors of a certain class

rating1877

1877 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 11 Apr. 3/7 The great discontent expressed and felt by the lower deck ratings of the Naval Service.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 3/2 We certainly cannot build lieutenants in 3½ years! whilst in all engine-room ratings we are still more behindhand.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 June 6/2 The cruiser..landed fourteen officers, 290 ratings, and eighty-five marines.

1925 Nation 26 Sept. 756/2 Numerous ground ratings are needed to handle airships in and out of the hangars in addition to a very considerable repair staff of specially skilled ratings.

1932 Daily Express 27 Jan. 1/2 Many of the ratings belong to Portsmouth, and some are married and have families.

1955 Times 12 May 7/5 Two naval ratings, both aged 19, were arrested on board H.M.S. Ark Royal.

1991 Navy News Nov. 7/5 It is only when the rating goes on board ship and the cheques start bouncing that the Senior Writer rating learns of his or her predicament.

3. The value of a property or condition that is claimed to be standard, optimal, or limiting for a device, engine, etc.; a rated value (rated adj.¹ 2).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > an authorized measuring standard > extent or amount of > as standard for equipment or material

rating1871

1871 Manufacturer & Builder Nov. 243/2 The rating shall be ascertained under what is acknowledged by engineers as good conditions of practice.

1897 Science 9 Apr. 574 The machine is of but twenty-horse power rating.

1905 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 35 367 The ‘normal carrying capacity’ or ‘rating’ of a fuse wire may be defined as: The maximum current which the fuse is capable of carrying continuously without deterioration or undue heating.

1941 E. Molloy Aero-engine Pract. 57 The rating of an aero-engine is prepared not with the mere hope that it may be suitable for some aircraft or other, but with the intention of fulfilling a definite specification, whether civil or military.

1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 12/1 Rating, means the maximum gross weight and is the maximum permissible combined weight of the freight container and of its contents.

2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 19 Mar. h31 Before replacing a blown fuse, be sure that you have a replacement fuse of the same rating.

4. Any of the classes into which racing yachts are assigned based on measurement of dimensions.Ratings, which have been calculated using a variety of methods since the 19th cent., are used to set handicaps or to determine which yachts can compete in a particular race.

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1891 Daily News 16 June 3/6 The third match was between yachts not exceeding a rating of twenty tons.

1903 N.Y. Times 15 Mar. 17/1 This latest and most radical effort to solve the measurement problem determines a yacht's rating simply by taking 83 per cent of the square root of the sail area.

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 23 May 16/6 N. Delta development of interest is contained in Pearre's announcement that Ham Welbourne, of Gibson Island, has requested a rating for his Oxford ‘400’ Tomahund.

2005 A. Cort & R. Stearns Getting Started in Sailboat Racing xii. 186 Because the rule is locally administered, a rating from one area might not be the same as the rating for another.

a. The measurement or assessment of a person's achievement, behaviour, skill, status, etc.; a grade, category, or standing.

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1906 H. Rennolds Out of Ashes xiv. 201 He has been elected President of the Blanker Banking Co., which means that his rating is first-class in the business world.

1921 A. W. Procter Princ. Public Personnel Admin. viii. 162 A rating of individual efficiency is..a measurement of the value of the services rendered throughout a given period of time by an individual employee.

1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 26 Oct. 4- d /4 Many sports publications may have underestimated the Cavaliers in the pre-season ratings.

2005 T. Rutledge Getting Engaged 154 I've disclosed that my rating is ‘satisfactory’, but I know that it isn't that good.

b. An assessment (esp. according to an established scale) of the value, performance, or contents of something offered commercially, esp. of the profitability of a company's shares or a bond issue, or of the quality of a consumer product.

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society > trade and finance > [noun] > principles and practice of > a commercial custom or practice > commercial scale or assessment

rating1909

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > assessment of profitability

rating1909

1909 J. Moody Moody's Anal. Railroad Investm. I. Pref. 15 The position of each bond issue is shown in the average results worked out in the tables. The issues are all then given a rating, indicating their general security and strength as shown by the record.

1936 Consumers Union Rep. May 8/1 The ratings of the stockings are based on the results of both laboratory tests and tests of wear in actual service.

1960 Which? May 103/1 Minor differences in ratings between brands should not..be taken as too significant.

1989 Banker Feb. 35/3 Ratings..give comfort to the investor... You need more than price to determine whether or not to buy.

2006 Consumer Rep. Feb. 51 The Jetta received good ratings in IIHS crash tests.

c. Originally U.S. An (official) classification given to a film, indicating its suitability for a particular age group, and typically denoted by a letter or number. Now also: such a classification given to a video game or television programme.

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1934 N.Y. Times 29 Dec. 11/1 (heading) Clean movie list will be revised... Laity and churchmen see little value in ratings.

1968 Times 8 Oct. 4/7 An X rating will indicate that young people will not be admitted. There will be three other ratings—G..: M..: and R.

1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. vi. xviii. 287 One might reasonably expect that Hollywood would adjust its approach and reduce the levels of sex, violence and gutter language so that fewer films would earn the ‘R’ rating.

1994 Harper's Mag. Dec. 18/1 Makers of new software games answer a series of questions to determine whether their products contain any ‘objectionable content’; an RSAC panel..then assigns each game a rating.

2002 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Aug. 3 Cinemas are preparing for stampedes this weekend after the 12 rating for films was scrapped.

d. Broadcasting. Now usually in plural. An estimate, based on statistical sampling, of the size of the audience of any particular radio or television programme; the relative popularity of a programme so assessed.In early use more fully Crossley rating [ < the name of Archibald M. Crossley (1896–1985), who in 1930 began the regular reports of the Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting + rating n.¹] .

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society > communication > broadcasting > audience > [noun] > size of

tune-in1931

rating1935

audience rating1941

Nielsen rating1951

TAM rating1958

reach1959

share1974

1935 Hammond (Indiana) Times 30 Nov. 11/6 Benny still topping the Crossley rating.

1939 Business Week 25 Feb. 36/2 You've heard some radio comedian crack, after getting off a poor gag, ‘There goes my Crossley’. He is referring to his popularity rating with one of the services that measure..the size of radio listening audiences.

1959 Daily Mail 11 Aug. 8/8 According to the ratings, the only court of public opinion that counts in these circles, Hylton shows are successful.

1971 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 7/4 The two BBC channels between them still share the ratings with ITV on a 50–50 basis.

2002 TV Scene (Brisbane) 10 Feb. 4/4 Network suits decided to up the sex quota in Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a bid to win ratings.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive, as rating scale, rating system, etc.

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1818 National Reg. 27 June 403/2 The American government..may be contemplating the means of reducing their rating system, and bringing it a little nearer the standard of truth.

1863 J. Watson Theory & Pract. Weaving viii. 344 (heading) Rating tables.

1919 School Rev. 27 471 Furthermore, Form B, the Rating Scale itself, enables a teacher to mark a pupil (or a principal a teacher) easily and very reliably.

1967 J. M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour v. 102 A number of rating scales are devised covering various aspects of a task, and are filled in by special observers.

1976 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May a12/4 The price [for a political advertisement on television] in Washington is $90 a rating point. In Baltimore it is $50 a rating point. In Baltimore, a rating point represents about 7,500 homes.

2002 New Scientist 3 Aug. 15/3 That gave 2002 NT7 the highest ever score on the Palermo scale, a rating system developed to help astronomers categorise impact risks.

b. In sense 1, as rating area, rating authority, etc.

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1847 Hansard Commons 29 Mar. 593 The disproportion between the rating area and the amount of property in the electoral divisions was very great.

1855 Proc. Gen. Assembly Free Church Scotl. 117 He had opposed the rating scheme two years ago.

1860 Q. Rev. Jan. 229 A rating suffrage in Edinburgh at 4l. a-year would at once exclude all that class.

1869 Times 22 June 7/6 They must not be guided by the views..of the rating authorities alone.

1907 Econ. Jrnl. 17 333 We are endeavouring to find out in which direction the population will tend to drift in consequence of rating reforms.

1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) v. 408 Rating areas should be drastically revised with a view to a more equal distribution of the burden of rates.

1966 Times 5 Apr. 6/5 Their local rating officer would advise them to go to the National Assistance Board.

2007 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 7 Rating authorities, including local councils, use site or capital values to levy rates and taxes.

c. With plural form. In sense 5d, as ratings battle, ratings terms, ratings war, etc.

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1956 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 3 Oct. 1/8 Allen and Sullivan have been engaged in a ratings war since Allen launched his show early this summer.

1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 28 Nov. 1/6 Behind the ratings issue is the bigger question of whether the big TV networks..should come under Federal regulation.

1966 Times 31 July 6/7 A.B.C.'s series will not clash with the B.B.C.'s broadcasts..There is no question of a ‘ratings battle’.

1977 TV Times (Brisbane) 13 Aug. 11/1 Australian ratings terms have been revised to incorporate the introduction of colour TV and consequent multi-set use in many homes.

1980 Times 25 Jan. 19/6 The ratings war—the battle to win as many viewers as possible for a programme.

1991 Regardie's Mag. (Nexis) Apr. 97 CBS may not have won the ratings battle against CNN, NBC, and ABC, but it certainly outgeneraled and outadmiraled its rivals.

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rating badge n. U.S. a badge of rank worn by a petty officer in the U.S. Navy.

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1891 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 17 492 All chevrons shall be made of red cloth, same size as now issued by the Navy Department, the rating-badge over chevrons to be worked in white silk.

1921 Sea Bag (U.S.S.S. Oklahoma) 22 June 2/1 How many men suddenly wake up to the fact that they haven't watch-marks on their jumpers or rating-badges on their sleeves?

2007 States News Service Newswire (Nexis) 12 June The initiative provides Sailors and Marines with the option to order uniforms ready-to-wear with nametapes, warfare, collar devices and rating badges already sewn on.

rating franchise n. a system in which the right to vote in public elections is determined by the payment of rates at a particular level; occasionally with specified amount.

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1840 Times 4 Aug. 6/5 What I complain of most is, that the franchise has been made a 10l.-rating franchise.

1891 Eng. Hist. Rev. 6 397 Biennial parliaments, a redistribution of seats, a rating franchise..and toleration, are among the chief features of this document.

1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 52 It is not certain that Whigs..supported the rating franchise because its operation would vary from place to place.

1998 K. T. Hoppen Mid-Victorian Generation ii. viii. 246 Russell's initial idea was to go for a rating franchise—that is, one based on the property valuations made in each locality for poor-rate purposes and, therefore, allegedly more ‘scientific’ than the existing system—set at £12 in counties and £6 in boroughs.

rating qualification n. a qualification to vote in public elections conferred by the payment of rates at a particular level; (with specified amount) the level of rating that confers such a qualification.

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1838 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. June 696 I can discover no rating qualification required for the purely intellectual constituents thereby intended to be privileged.

1893 Times 25 Apr. 5/5 Persons with a £20 rating qualification.

1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 42 When Gladstone proposed reducing to £7 the £7. 10s. rental the Cabinet had accepted (as the equivalent of the £6 rating qualification it had decided on in the first place), there were again complaints.

2001 I. McLean Rational Choice & Brit. Politics iii. 63 Disraeli and Stanley drafted a bill in the autumn of 1858, adopting the principle of assimilating the county franchise with the borough franchise by introducing a £10 rating qualification for the counties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rating
释义	ratingn.¹ Brit. /ˈreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪdɪŋ/ Forms: see rate v.² and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rate v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rate v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of rate v.² in various senses, esp. the action of setting rates. ΘΚΠ 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 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 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §10 In the makinge and ratinge of the sayde yerely values. 1545 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors 15 b By the parcyal act of ratyng of vytellys. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 87 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) What rating of rents meane you? 1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage xi. 109 In the 11 of Henry the Seventh [sc. c. 22] there was a new Statute for the rating of Servants wages. 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 129 Rating of the wages of servants, artificers, and labourers, is also..of very ancient date. 1789 Minutes Court Martial I. Coffin 20 Previous to the ship's sailing from England, did I not give up the rating of the ship's company entirely to you and the rest of the officers? 1859 J. Bright Speeches 41 The system of rating forms the basis of the elective franchise. 1884 B'ham Daily Post 23 Dec. 3/5 Watch-jobber wanted; one who thoroughly understands the cleaning and rating of Chronometers. 1907 J. D. Chorlton (title) The rating of land values. 2006 Ayr (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 29 Sept. 3 Council revalued every rate notice by having different categories for different areas of rating. b. An amount or percentage fixed as a rate; spec. (in later use) an insurance premium. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > relative value of coins or metals ratea1513 ration1653 ratio1771 rating1841 parity1895 basket of currencies1973 1841 G. W. R. Baxter Bk. of Bastiles 538/2 Your petitioners..were paying a quarterly poor-rate of 10d. in the pound..; but since that period, they have been re-assessed at an additional rating of sixteen per cent. 1848 Rep. Sel. Comm. Agric. Customs 240 in Parl. Papers VIII. 1 The liability which the property might incur as to the additional rating. 1887 S. D. Horton Silver Pound 77 A suggestion to change..the permitted rating of the Guinea in Government offices. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 481 The practice of applying an extra rating for residence in the tropics..has been found to work fairly on the whole. 1951 J. B. Maclean Life Insurance (ed. 7) xi. 272 Where..it is found that a medical impairment no longer exists, it is the usual practice to remove the extra rating. 2006 National Underwriter (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Life & Health/Financial Services ed.) 20 Surgical intervention..usually does not suggest an extra rating unless complications develop from the surgery. c. Insurance. rating up: the action or process of imposing a higher rate of insurance due to increased risk; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1895 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 4 377 The Canada Life has not done much ‘rating up’ or insuring of diseased lives. 1911 Times 1 Nov. 17/3 Many actuaries are just as strict as ever in the selection and rating up of lives. 1981 Jrnl. Risk & Insurance 48 528 Discuss briefly the hazards which can cause rejection or rating up. 2007 M2 PressWIRE (Nexis) 3 Apr. An asthmatic smoker who has no more than 10 cigarettes a day will pay standard rate insurance with one insurer but will face an automatic rating up to 50% from another. 2. Chiefly Nautical. a. The position or class held by a person on a ship's books. Also in extended use: a person's position, status, or class. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > position or class of sailor rating1702 rate1707 1702 London Gaz. No. 3815/3 The Names, Qualities or Ratings of the Company of such Man of War. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack ii. 12 As he no longer did the duty of coxswain..he was not entitled to the rating. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 150 When my ‘rating’, or graduation in the school, was to be settled. 1876 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Aug. 2/2 Of what use is it promoting men from the lower-deck ratings and making them officers if..they are to be treated as if they still held their lower-deck ratings? 1961 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself 120 The next time ratings were given out Carter jumped at a bound from private to Sergeant ¼. 2006 All Hands (Nexis) 1 Apr. 4 While there are important advantages to the Navy, merging ratings has a significant impact on the Sailors affected and their careers. b. Originally in plural. In the Royal Navy and Commonwealth navies: enlisted sailors of a rank subordinate to warrant officers and commissioned officers. In later use also singular. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > others press-gang1693 young gentleman1784 sidesman1803 side boy1823 trouncer1867 rating1877 Navy Leaguer1898 requestman1916 tiger1929 mineman1943 shore patrolman1944 striker1944 ping1948 pinger1961 bubblehead1965 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > position or class of sailor > sailors of a certain class rating1877 1877 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 11 Apr. 3/7 The great discontent expressed and felt by the lower deck ratings of the Naval Service. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 3/2 We certainly cannot build lieutenants in 3½ years! whilst in all engine-room ratings we are still more behindhand. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 June 6/2 The cruiser..landed fourteen officers, 290 ratings, and eighty-five marines. 1925 Nation 26 Sept. 756/2 Numerous ground ratings are needed to handle airships in and out of the hangars in addition to a very considerable repair staff of specially skilled ratings. 1932 Daily Express 27 Jan. 1/2 Many of the ratings belong to Portsmouth, and some are married and have families. 1955 Times 12 May 7/5 Two naval ratings, both aged 19, were arrested on board H.M.S. Ark Royal. 1991 Navy News Nov. 7/5 It is only when the rating goes on board ship and the cheques start bouncing that the Senior Writer rating learns of his or her predicament. 3. The value of a property or condition that is claimed to be standard, optimal, or limiting for a device, engine, etc.; a rated value (rated adj.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > an authorized measuring standard > extent or amount of > as standard for equipment or material rating1871 1871 Manufacturer & Builder Nov. 243/2 The rating shall be ascertained under what is acknowledged by engineers as good conditions of practice. 1897 Science 9 Apr. 574 The machine is of but twenty-horse power rating. 1905 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 35 367 The ‘normal carrying capacity’ or ‘rating’ of a fuse wire may be defined as: The maximum current which the fuse is capable of carrying continuously without deterioration or undue heating. 1941 E. Molloy Aero-engine Pract. 57 The rating of an aero-engine is prepared not with the mere hope that it may be suitable for some aircraft or other, but with the intention of fulfilling a definite specification, whether civil or military. 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 12/1 Rating, means the maximum gross weight and is the maximum permissible combined weight of the freight container and of its contents. 2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 19 Mar. h31 Before replacing a blown fuse, be sure that you have a replacement fuse of the same rating. 4. Any of the classes into which racing yachts are assigned based on measurement of dimensions.Ratings, which have been calculated using a variety of methods since the 19th cent., are used to set handicaps or to determine which yachts can compete in a particular race. ΚΠ 1891 Daily News 16 June 3/6 The third match was between yachts not exceeding a rating of twenty tons. 1903 N.Y. Times 15 Mar. 17/1 This latest and most radical effort to solve the measurement problem determines a yacht's rating simply by taking 83 per cent of the square root of the sail area. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 23 May 16/6 N. Delta development of interest is contained in Pearre's announcement that Ham Welbourne, of Gibson Island, has requested a rating for his Oxford ‘400’ Tomahund. 2005 A. Cort & R. Stearns Getting Started in Sailboat Racing xii. 186 Because the rule is locally administered, a rating from one area might not be the same as the rating for another. 5. a. The measurement or assessment of a person's achievement, behaviour, skill, status, etc.; a grade, category, or standing. ΚΠ 1906 H. Rennolds Out of Ashes xiv. 201 He has been elected President of the Blanker Banking Co., which means that his rating is first-class in the business world. 1921 A. W. Procter Princ. Public Personnel Admin. viii. 162 A rating of individual efficiency is..a measurement of the value of the services rendered throughout a given period of time by an individual employee. 1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 26 Oct. 4- d /4 Many sports publications may have underestimated the Cavaliers in the pre-season ratings. 2005 T. Rutledge Getting Engaged 154 I've disclosed that my rating is ‘satisfactory’, but I know that it isn't that good. b. An assessment (esp. according to an established scale) of the value, performance, or contents of something offered commercially, esp. of the profitability of a company's shares or a bond issue, or of the quality of a consumer product. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > principles and practice of > a commercial custom or practice > commercial scale or assessment rating1909 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > assessment of profitability rating1909 1909 J. Moody Moody's Anal. Railroad Investm. I. Pref. 15 The position of each bond issue is shown in the average results worked out in the tables. The issues are all then given a rating, indicating their general security and strength as shown by the record. 1936 Consumers Union Rep. May 8/1 The ratings of the stockings are based on the results of both laboratory tests and tests of wear in actual service. 1960 Which? May 103/1 Minor differences in ratings between brands should not..be taken as too significant. 1989 Banker Feb. 35/3 Ratings..give comfort to the investor... You need more than price to determine whether or not to buy. 2006 Consumer Rep. Feb. 51 The Jetta received good ratings in IIHS crash tests. c. Originally U.S. An (official) classification given to a film, indicating its suitability for a particular age group, and typically denoted by a letter or number. Now also: such a classification given to a video game or television programme. ΚΠ 1934 N.Y. Times 29 Dec. 11/1 (heading) Clean movie list will be revised... Laity and churchmen see little value in ratings. 1968 Times 8 Oct. 4/7 An X rating will indicate that young people will not be admitted. There will be three other ratings—G..: M..: and R. 1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. vi. xviii. 287 One might reasonably expect that Hollywood would adjust its approach and reduce the levels of sex, violence and gutter language so that fewer films would earn the ‘R’ rating. 1994 Harper's Mag. Dec. 18/1 Makers of new software games answer a series of questions to determine whether their products contain any ‘objectionable content’; an RSAC panel..then assigns each game a rating. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Aug. 3 Cinemas are preparing for stampedes this weekend after the 12 rating for films was scrapped. d. Broadcasting. Now usually in plural. An estimate, based on statistical sampling, of the size of the audience of any particular radio or television programme; the relative popularity of a programme so assessed.In early use more fully Crossley rating [ < the name of Archibald M. Crossley (1896–1985), who in 1930 began the regular reports of the Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting + rating n.¹] . ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > audience > [noun] > size of tune-in1931 rating1935 audience rating1941 Nielsen rating1951 TAM rating1958 reach1959 share1974 1935 Hammond (Indiana) Times 30 Nov. 11/6 Benny still topping the Crossley rating. 1939 Business Week 25 Feb. 36/2 You've heard some radio comedian crack, after getting off a poor gag, ‘There goes my Crossley’. He is referring to his popularity rating with one of the services that measure..the size of radio listening audiences. 1959 Daily Mail 11 Aug. 8/8 According to the ratings, the only court of public opinion that counts in these circles, Hylton shows are successful. 1971 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 7/4 The two BBC channels between them still share the ratings with ITV on a 50–50 basis. 2002 TV Scene (Brisbane) 10 Feb. 4/4 Network suits decided to up the sex quota in Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a bid to win ratings. Compounds C1. a. General attributive, as rating scale, rating system, etc. ΚΠ 1818 National Reg. 27 June 403/2 The American government..may be contemplating the means of reducing their rating system, and bringing it a little nearer the standard of truth. 1863 J. Watson Theory & Pract. Weaving viii. 344 (heading) Rating tables. 1919 School Rev. 27 471 Furthermore, Form B, the Rating Scale itself, enables a teacher to mark a pupil (or a principal a teacher) easily and very reliably. 1967 J. M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour v. 102 A number of rating scales are devised covering various aspects of a task, and are filled in by special observers. 1976 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May a12/4 The price [for a political advertisement on television] in Washington is $90 a rating point. In Baltimore it is $50 a rating point. In Baltimore, a rating point represents about 7,500 homes. 2002 New Scientist 3 Aug. 15/3 That gave 2002 NT7 the highest ever score on the Palermo scale, a rating system developed to help astronomers categorise impact risks. b. In sense 1, as rating area, rating authority, etc. ΚΠ 1847 Hansard Commons 29 Mar. 593 The disproportion between the rating area and the amount of property in the electoral divisions was very great. 1855 Proc. Gen. Assembly Free Church Scotl. 117 He had opposed the rating scheme two years ago. 1860 Q. Rev. Jan. 229 A rating suffrage in Edinburgh at 4l. a-year would at once exclude all that class. 1869 Times 22 June 7/6 They must not be guided by the views..of the rating authorities alone. 1907 Econ. Jrnl. 17 333 We are endeavouring to find out in which direction the population will tend to drift in consequence of rating reforms. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) v. 408 Rating areas should be drastically revised with a view to a more equal distribution of the burden of rates. 1966 Times 5 Apr. 6/5 Their local rating officer would advise them to go to the National Assistance Board. 2007 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 7 Rating authorities, including local councils, use site or capital values to levy rates and taxes. c. With plural form. In sense 5d, as ratings battle, ratings terms, ratings war, etc. ΚΠ 1956 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 3 Oct. 1/8 Allen and Sullivan have been engaged in a ratings war since Allen launched his show early this summer. 1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 28 Nov. 1/6 Behind the ratings issue is the bigger question of whether the big TV networks..should come under Federal regulation. 1966 Times 31 July 6/7 A.B.C.'s series will not clash with the B.B.C.'s broadcasts..There is no question of a ‘ratings battle’. 1977 TV Times (Brisbane) 13 Aug. 11/1 Australian ratings terms have been revised to incorporate the introduction of colour TV and consequent multi-set use in many homes. 1980 Times 25 Jan. 19/6 The ratings war—the battle to win as many viewers as possible for a programme. 1991 Regardie's Mag. (Nexis) Apr. 97 CBS may not have won the ratings battle against CNN, NBC, and ABC, but it certainly outgeneraled and outadmiraled its rivals. C2. rating badge n. U.S. a badge of rank worn by a petty officer in the U.S. Navy. ΚΠ 1891 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 17 492 All chevrons shall be made of red cloth, same size as now issued by the Navy Department, the rating-badge over chevrons to be worked in white silk. 1921 Sea Bag (U.S.S.S. Oklahoma) 22 June 2/1 How many men suddenly wake up to the fact that they haven't watch-marks on their jumpers or rating-badges on their sleeves? 2007 States News Service Newswire (Nexis) 12 June The initiative provides Sailors and Marines with the option to order uniforms ready-to-wear with nametapes, warfare, collar devices and rating badges already sewn on. rating franchise n. a system in which the right to vote in public elections is determined by the payment of rates at a particular level; occasionally with specified amount. ΚΠ 1840 Times 4 Aug. 6/5 What I complain of most is, that the franchise has been made a 10l.-rating franchise. 1891 Eng. Hist. Rev. 6 397 Biennial parliaments, a redistribution of seats, a rating franchise..and toleration, are among the chief features of this document. 1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 52 It is not certain that Whigs..supported the rating franchise because its operation would vary from place to place. 1998 K. T. Hoppen Mid-Victorian Generation ii. viii. 246 Russell's initial idea was to go for a rating franchise—that is, one based on the property valuations made in each locality for poor-rate purposes and, therefore, allegedly more ‘scientific’ than the existing system—set at £12 in counties and £6 in boroughs. rating qualification n. a qualification to vote in public elections conferred by the payment of rates at a particular level; (with specified amount) the level of rating that confers such a qualification. ΚΠ 1838 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. June 696 I can discover no rating qualification required for the purely intellectual constituents thereby intended to be privileged. 1893 Times 25 Apr. 5/5 Persons with a £20 rating qualification. 1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 42 When Gladstone proposed reducing to £7 the £7. 10s. rental the Cabinet had accepted (as the equivalent of the £6 rating qualification it had decided on in the first place), there were again complaints. 2001 I. McLean Rational Choice & Brit. Politics iii. 63 Disraeli and Stanley drafted a bill in the autumn of 1858, adopting the principle of assimilating the county franchise with the borough franchise by introducing a £10 rating qualification for the counties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ratingn.² Brit. /ˈreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪdɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s–1800s rating, 1600s rateing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rate v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rate v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Now rare. Vehement or angry reproach; (as a count noun) a fierce rebuke, a scolding. Cf. berate v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding chidingc893 flitingc1200 scolding1486 rating1556 schooling1557 chafing?1578 railwifery1695 ragging1788 mobbing1803 fratching1805 row1830 tongue-lashing1881 rough tonguing1916 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 141^v With what kinde of chyding then, or rating rather may I attempte to turn him from so great an errour. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 119^v Least the stronger [horse] spoyle the weaker, while he dreadeth the rating, and whipping. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 475 Horsses and Dogges which liue among men..do discerne also their termes of threatning; chiding, & rating. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 2 Sept. (1974) VIII. 417 I was witness of a horrid rateing, which Mr. Ashburnham..did give him. 1710 B. Jenks tr. R. F. R. Bellarmino Ouranography iii. viii. 123 When instead of Sympathy and Mercy to such as are in Necessity and Misery..; rather frowning and rating, taunting and threatning, racking and oppressing; to sadden their hearts. a1854 R. M. Bird News of Night i. ii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XII. 169 Anne! Is that her name? Ay,..the other gemman has just found her out, and such a rating as he gave her! 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. vi. 75 I've helped old Mr. Leonards to give George a good rating. 1878 E. W. L. Davies Mem. Rev. J. Russell 299 A little rating and a few cracks of the whip, and their [sc. the hounds'] heads are up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ratingadj. Brit. /ˈreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rate v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < rate v.² + -ing suffix². That regulates or sets the rate of an instrument or process.In some quots. rating may be regarded as the noun used attributively. ΚΠ 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 82 A screw..to receive the rating nut. 1934 P. M. Symonds Psychol. Diagnosis in Social Adjustment iii. 48 This rating device has demonstrated its power in diagnosing maladjustment among children. 1950 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 94 271/2 The final adjustment was by setting, to a given number, the rating nut below the pendulum. 2005 Neuroimage 27 27/1 The current study employs a subject-specific regression model based on continuous measurement of emotion intensity using a potentiometer rating device with a continuous rating scale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1534n.²1556adj.1881
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