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Rate
Rate Rate, v. t. & i. [Perh. fr. E. rate, v. t., to value at a
certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to
find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel.
hrat refuse, hrati rubbish.]
To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
--Spencer.
Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! --Shak.
Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming
them from it, and rating them for it. --Barrow.
Rate
Rate Rate, v. i.
1. To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the
ship rates as a ship of the line.
2. To make an estimate.
RateRate Rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rating.]
1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price
or degree.
To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a
rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South.
You seem not high enough your joys to rate.
--Dryden.
2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
3. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount,
value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a
seaman; to rate a pension.
4. To ratify. [Obs.] ``To rate the truce.' --Chapman.
To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its
gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an
allowance or computation depended thereon.
Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
Meaning of Rate from wikipedia
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rate,
rates, or
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Rate or
rates may
refer to:
Rates (tax), a type of
taxation system in the
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radiometric dating.
RATE claimed that
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Mortality rate, or
death rate,: 189, 69 is a
measure of the
number of
deaths (in general, or due to a
specific cause) in a
particular po****tion, scaled...
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countries by
UNODC homicide rate is
typically expressed in
units of
deaths per 100,000
individuals per year. A
homicide rate of 30 (out of 100,000) corresponds...
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Heart rate (or
pulse rate) is the
frequency of the
heartbeat measured by the
number of
contractions of the
heart per
minute (beats per minute, or bpm)...
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Frame rate (expressed in
frames per
second or FPS) is
typically the
frequency (
rate) at
which consecutive images (frames) are
captured or displa****. This...
- An
interest rate is the
amount of
interest due per period, as a
proportion of the
amount lent, deposited, or
borrowed (called the prin****l sum). The total...
- In finance, an
exchange rate is the
rate at
which one
currency will be
exchanged for
another currency.
Currencies are most
commonly national currencies...
- In mathematics, a
rate is the
ratio between two
related quantities in
different units. If the
denominator of the
ratio is
expressed as a
single unit of...
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Discount rate may
refer to:
Annual effective discount rate, an
alternative measure of
interest rates to the
standard Annual Percentage Rate Bank
rate, the...
