单词 | after the rate of |
释义 | > as lemmasafter the rate of 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. ΘΚΠ 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. at (also †after) the (or a) rate of 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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