'Rate' definitions:

Definition of 'rate'

From: WordNet
noun
A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
noun
Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" [syn: rate, charge per unit]
noun
The relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate]
noun
A quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate"
verb
Assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place]
verb
Be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
verb
Estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" [syn: rate, value]

Definition of 'Rate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • You seem not high enough your joys to rate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To ratify. [Obs.] "To rate the truce." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 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 dependent thereon. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rate'

From: GCIDE
  • Rate \Rate\ (r[=a]t), 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; to berate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rate'

From: GCIDE
  • Rate \Rate\, n. [OF., fr. L. rata (sc. pars), fr. ratus reckoned, fixed by calculation, p. p. of reri to reckon, to calculate. Cf. Reason.]
  • 1. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance. [1913 Webster]
  • The one right feeble through the evil rate Of food which in her duress she had found. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum. [1913 Webster]
  • Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was different from what it is nowadays. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . . merciful. --Calamy. [1913 Webster]
  • Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation. [1913 Webster]
  • They come at dear rates from Japan. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Order; arrangement. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Thus sat they all around in seemly rate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Ratification; approval. [R.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Horol.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Naut.) (a) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc. (b) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make an estimate. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'rate'

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Words containing 'Rate'