RATABLE

ratable, rateable

(adjective) liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes; “the ratable value of property”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ratable (not comparable)

(chiefly, finance) Able to be evaluated with a rating.

Anagrams

• Alberta, arbalet, latebra, trabeal

Source: Wiktionary


Rat"a*ble, a.

1. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value. Twenty oræ were ratable to [at] two marks of silver. Camden.

2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.

3. Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.

– Rat"a*ble*ness, n.

– Rat"a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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