'Ratable' definitions:
Definition of 'ratable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes; "the ratable value of property" [syn: ratable, rateable]
Definition of 'Ratable'
From: GCIDE
- Ratable \Rat"a*ble\ (r[=a]t"[.a]*b'l), a.
- 1. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value. [1913 Webster]
- Twenty orae were ratable to [at] two marks of silver. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. -- {Rat"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Rat"a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ratable'
From: GCIDE
- ratable \rat"a*ble\ (r[=a]t"[.a]*b'l), n. a structure which may be rated, or set at a certain value, for the purpose of taxation, usually based on the value; as, with the deterioration of the center cities, the loss of ratables worsened the situation by removing valuable sources of tax revenue. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'ratable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assessable,
- assessment,
- cess,
- chargeable,
- conscience money,
- contribution,
- direct tax,
- dutiable,
- duty,
- graduated taxation,
- imposition,
- impost,
- indirect tax,
- joint return,
- leviable,
- levy,
- progressive tax,
- separate returns,
- single tax,
- supertax,
- surtax,
- tax,
- tax base,
- tax dodging,
- tax evasion,
- tax exemption,
- tax return,
- tax structure,
- tax withholding,
- tax-exempt status,
- taxable,
- taxable income,
- taxation,
- tithable,
- tithe,
- toll,
- tribute,
- withholding tax