RATE

pace, rate

(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”

rate, charge per unit

(noun) amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; “a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5”

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”

rate

(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”

rate, rank, range, order, grade, place

(verb) assign a rank or rating to; “how would you rank these students?”; “The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide”

rate, value

(verb) estimate the value of; “How would you rate his chances to become President?”; “Gold was rated highly among the Romans”

rate

(verb) be worthy of or have a certain rating; “This bond rates highly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rate (plural rates)

(obsolete) The worth of something; value. [15th-19th centuries]

The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from the 15th century]

Speed. [from the 17th century]

The relative speed of change or progress. [from the 18th century]

The price of (an individual) thing; cost. [from the 16th century]

A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. [from the 16th century]

A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.

Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. [from the 17th century]

(nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.

(obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.

(obsolete) Order; arrangement.

(obsolete) Ratification; approval.

(horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.

Hyponyms

• birth rate

• birthrate

• exchange rate

• failure rate

• flat rate

• high-burden-rate

• interest rate

Verb

rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)

(transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.

(transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.

(transitive) To consider or regard.

(transitive) To deserve; to be worth.

(transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.

(transitive, chiefly, British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.

(transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.

(intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).

(intransitive) To have value or standing.

(transitive) To ratify.

To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.

Synonyms

• (have position in a certain class): rank

Etymology 2

Verb

rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)

(transitive) To berate, scold.

Anagrams

• 'eart, Ater, Reta, aret, tare, tear, tera-

Source: Wiktionary

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Rate, v. t. & i. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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, n. Etym: [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. The one right feeble through the evil rate, Of food which in her duress she had found. Spenser.

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. Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was different from what it is nowadays. South. In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . . merciful. Calamy. Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough. Clarendon.

3. Variation; prise fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation. They come at dear rates from Japan. Locke.

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.

5. Order; arrangement. [Obs.] Thus sat they all around in seemly rate. Spenser.

6. Ratification; approval. [R.] Chapman.

7. (Horol.)

Definition: The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.

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.

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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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