English Explanatory Dictionary

rate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The worth of something; value.
  2. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
  3. Speed.
  4. The relative speed of change or progress.
  5. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
  6. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
  7. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
  8. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
  9. A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
  10. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
  11. Order; arrangement.
  12. Ratification; approval.
verb
  1. To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
  2. To evaluate or estimate the value of.
  3. To consider or regard.
  4. To deserve; to be worth.
  5. To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
  6. To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
  7. To like; to think highly of.
  8. To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
  9. To have position (in a certain class).
  10. To have value or standing.
  11. To ratify.
  12. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
verb
  1. To berate, scold.
verb
  1. To cause (hay, hemp, flax, etc) to decay (whether in an injurious way, or—as retting—in a useful way) by exposure to weather, particularly wetness.

Pronunciation

rāt /ɹeɪt/ en-us-rate.ogg

Word forms

rate rates rating rated

Etymology

From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).

Synonyms

appraise evaluate worthen apprise apprize assess esteem judge price prize rate valuate value weigh regard respect honor idolize lay store by look up to hallow put store by put store in revere set store by venerate worthy rank

Derived words

accident rate adiabatic lapse rate age standardized rate air kerma rate asking rate at any rate at a rate of knots attack rate at this rate bank rate basal metabolic rate base rate base rate fallacy basic rate interface basic reproduction rate basic reproductive rate birthrate bitrate bit rate blue circle rate book of rates bounce rate burn rate buyrate call rate capacity utilization rate case fatality rate church rate churn rate clearance rate click-through rate climb rate clock rate conversion rate countrate crime rate crude birth rate crude death rate cut-rate data rate data transfer rate death rate discount rate economy rate eigenrate erythrocyte sedimentation rate exchange rate risk excursion rate fallrate fatality rate fertility rate fifth rate fifth-rate fillrate first rate first-rate flat-rate flat rate tax floating rate flowrate
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