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rate
I. \ˈrāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English raten, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish rata to find fault, blame, despise, Old Norse hrata to fall, stagger — more at cardinal
transitive verb
1. : to rebuke (as a person or a hunting dog) angrily or violently : scold, upbraid
< shall have you soundly rated and dismissed — Rex Ingamells >
< the proper words for rating foxhounds — C.E.Hare >
2. obsolete : to drive away (a person or dog) by scolding
< rated mine uncle from the council board — Shakespeare >
intransitive verb
: to voice angry reprimands — usually used with at
< like her none the less for rating at her — Alfred Tennyson >
Synonyms: see scold
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin (pro) rata (parte) according to a fixed proportion, from pro for, according to + rata calculated, fixed (feminine of ratus, from past participle of reri to reckon, calculate) + parte, abl. of pars part — more at reason
1.
a. : reckoned value : valuation
< stones whose rates are … as fancy values them — Shakespeare >
< appraised him at a low rate >
b. obsolete : estimation
< wise men … in the ordinary rate and esteem of the world — Daniel Defoe >
2. obsolete : a fixed or established portion or measure : quantity
< brought every man his present … a rate year by year — 2 Chron 9:24 (Authorized Version) >
3.
a. : a fixed relation (as of quantity, amount, or degree) between two things : ratio
< rate of exchange >
b. : a charge, payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard
< hotel rates >
< the publisher's usual rate for short stories >
< drapery fabrics bought at the rate of a dollar a yard >
< sold at cut rates >
as
(1) : a charge per unit of a public-service commodity (as electricity, gas, water)
< an electric rate of 7 cents per kilowatt-hour >
(2) : a price or charge per unit of freight or passenger service (as cents per hundred pounds or dollars per ton, per car, per passenger-mile); specifically : a common carrier charge shown on an official published tariff on file with a governmental regulatory agency
(3) : the price charged an advertiser per unit of publication space or of radio or television time
(4) : a unit charge or ratio used by the government for assessing taxes on property
(5) Britain : a local tax — usually used in plural
< parish rates >
4.
a. : quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of something else (as time)
< at the rate of 60 miles an hour >
< a birth rate of 40 per thousand of population >
< rate of progress over the past century >
< the rate of corporate profits >
< rate of depreciation >
b. : amount of payment or charge based on some other amount
< rate of interest per annum >
< rate of commission per bond sold >
as
(1) : the wage paid on an incentive or time basis for a particular job
(2) : the amount of premium per unit of insurance or exposure
5.
a. archaic : relative behavior or manner : style, fashion — usually used with after
< I proceed much after the old rate — William Cowper >
b. : relative condition or quality : rank, kind
< I am a spirit of no common rate — Shakespeare >
6.
a. : the order or class to which a warship belongs determined according to a specified criterion (as size or armament)
< a ship of the first rate >
b. : the class of a merchant ship for marine insurance determined by its relative safety as a risk (as A 1, A 2)
c. : the relative standing or grade of a sailor; specifically : the rank of an enlisted man (as in the United States Navy) within a specified rating
< the rate of radarman third class >
7. : the gain or loss in the running of a timepiece within a specified unit of time
< daily rate >
< hourly rate >
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- at any rate
- at this rate
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English raten, from rate, n.
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to allot (a share) to
< had not rated him his part — Shakespeare >
2. : consider, regard
< rated an excellent golfer >
< rated the highest office in the state >
3.
a. : to set an estimate on : appraise, value
< copper is rated … above its real value — Adam Smith >
< buyers … rate black broadcloth high for fall — Women's Wear Daily >
b. chiefly Britain : to assess the value of (property) for taxing purposes
c. archaic : to calculate the total
< then must we rate the cost — Shakespeare >
d. : to determine or assign the relative rank or class of (as a ship or a seaman)
e. : to evaluate with reference to specific traits or given standards : grade
< rate the way the … companies treat their dealers — S.L.Payne >
< each job was rated on a five-point scale — Mildred Mitchell >
f. : to estimate the normal capacity or power of
< current flowing at the rated capacity — Cannon Catalog >
< flooring system is rated to withstand a … fire and water test — American Builder >
4. : to fix the amount of premium to be charged per unit of insurance or exposure on (a particular risk)
5.
a. : to adjust (a timepiece) to a given rate of going (as by altering the effective length of the pendulum) : regulate
b. : to find the gain or loss of (a timepiece) in a given unit of time
c. : to pace or restrain (as a horse or oneself) in a race in order to conserve energy for the finish
< rated the 4-year-old … colt perfectly — F.M.Blunk >
6. : to have a right to : deserve
< most … do not rate so much remembrance — Harper's >
< sufficient appeal to rate a network show — Charles Miller >
intransitive verb
: to be of consequence : rank, count
< human ingenuity was to rate … as a vital national resource — Steelways >
specifically : to enjoy a status of special privilege or consideration
< I never did rate with him — Bess A. Garner >
Synonyms: see deserve, estimate
IV.
dialect England
variant of ret |