rate

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪt

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte, from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, originally reckon, calculate”).

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[edit] Noun

rate (plural rates)

  1. (obsolete) The estimated worth of something; value. [15th-19th c.]
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V.3:
      There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.
  2. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from 15th c.]
    At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
  3. Speed. [from 17th c.]
    The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
  4. The relative speed of change or progress. [from 18th c.]
    The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
  5. The price of (an individual) thing; cost. [from 16th c.]
    He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
  6. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. [from 16th c.]
    Postal rates here are low.
  7. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
    We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
  8. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. [from 17th c.]
    I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
  9. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
    This textbook is first rate.
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proportional relationship between amounts
speed — see speed
relative speed of change or progress
price of individual thing
set price or fee determined in relation to a particular scale or standard
wage calculated in relation to a unit of time
tax levied by a local authority
level of quality, rank
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Ratio

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rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)

  1. (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
    She is rated fourth in the country.
  2. (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
    They rate his talents highly.
  3. (transitive) To consider or regard.
    He rated this book brilliant.
  4. (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
    The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
  5. (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
    The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
  6. (transitive) (chiefly (UK)) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
  7. (transitive) (informal) To like; to think highly of.
    The customers don't rate the new burgers.
  8. (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
    She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
    He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
  9. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
    This last performance of her's didn't rate very high with the judges.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Compare arate, rehete.

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rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)

  1. (transitive) To berate, scold.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
      Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.56:
      Andronicus the Emperour, finding by chance in his pallace certaine principall men very earnestly disputing against Lapodius about one of our points of great importance, taunted and rated them very bitterly, and threatened if they gave not over, he would cause them to be cast into the river.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XV, Practical — Devotional
      The successful monk, on the morrow morning, hastens home to Ely […] The successful monk, arriving at Ely, is rated for a goose and an owl; is ordered back to say that Elmset was the place meant.
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See to berate.

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[edit] Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

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rate f. (plural rates)

  1. spleen

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

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rate f. (plural rates)

  1. (female) rat

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rate

  1. first-person singular indicative present form of rater
  2. third-person singular indicative present form of rater
  3. first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
  4. third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
  5. second-person singular imperative of rater

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rate

  1. First-person singular present of raten.
  2. Imperative singular of raten.
    Rate mal, wer gerade gekommen ist! - Guess who's just arrived.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of raten.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of raten.

[edit] Interlingua

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rate (plural rates)

  1. A raft.

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rate f.

  1. Plural form of rata.

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rate

  1. vocative masculine singular of ratus
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