Definition of Rates. Meaning of Rates. Synonyms of Rates

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Definition of Rates

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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.
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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.
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Rate 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 Rates from wikipedia

- firepower Ed Rate (1899–1990), American football player José Carlos Rates (1879–1945), General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party Peter of Rates (died...
- neutralized by a change in the interest rate differential. If US interest rates increase while ****anese interest rates remain unchanged then the US dollar...
- country. Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants. Rates are to the 3rd decimal place in order to separate countries with low homicide rates. Note:...
- by estimated suicide rates as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources. In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due...
- ways to obtain exact mortality rates, so epidemiologists use estimation to predict correct mortality rates. Mortality rates are usually difficult to predict...
- rates of firing by various proprioreceptors located in muscles, joint capsules, and tendons. The cardiovascular centres monitor these increased rates...
- a heart rate is expressed as "beats per minute". Rates that have a non-time divisor or denominator include exchange rates, literacy rates, and electric...
- smaller companies. In 1980, the top rates of most European countries were above 60%. Today most European countries have rates below 50%. Austrian income taxation...
- discount rate, an alternative measure of interest rates to the standard Annual Percentage Rate Bank rate, the rate of interest a central bank charges on its loans...
- Growth rate may refer to: Asymptotic analysis, a branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of growth rates Linear growth Exponential growth, a...