rate 1 (r t)n. 1. A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity: a rate of speed of 60 miles an hour. 2. A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion: the mortality rate; a tax rate. 3. The cost per unit of a commodity or service: postal rates. 4. A charge or payment calculated in relation to a particular sum or quantity: interest rates. 5. Level of quality. 6. Chiefly British A locally assessed property tax. Often used in the plural. v. rat·ed, rat·ing, rates v.tr. 1. To calculate the value of; appraise. See Synonyms at estimate. 2. To place in a particular rank or grade. 3. To regard or account: rated the movie excellent. 4. To value for purposes of taxation. 5. To set a rate for (goods to be shipped). 6. To specify the performance limits of (a machine, for example): This fuse is rated at 50 amperes. 7. Informal To merit or deserve: people that rate special treatment. See Synonyms at earn1. v.intr. Idiom: 1. To be ranked in a particular class. 2. Informal To have status, importance, or influence. at any rate 1. Whatever the case may be. 2. At least. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, proportion, short for Latin (pr  ) rat (parte), (according to a) fixed (part), from feminine ablative past participle of r r , to consider, reckon; see ar- in Indo-European roots.] |
| rate 2 (rt) v. rat·ed, rat·ing, rates v.tr. To berate. v.intr. To express reproof. [Middle English raten, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] |
rate 1
Noun
1. a quantity or amount considered in relation to or measured against another quantity or amount: he was publishing at the rate of about 10 books a year
2. a price or charge with reference to a standard or scale: an exchange rate
3. the speed of progress or change: crime is increasing at an alarming rate
4. a charge made per unit for a commodity or service
5. See rates
6. relative quality: a third-rate power
7. at any rate in any case
Verb
[rating, rated]
1. to assign a position on a scale of relative values: he is rated as one of the top caterers in the country
2. to estimate the value of: we rate your services highly
3. to consider or regard: it could hardly be rated a success
4. to be worthy of: it barely rates a mention
5. Informal to have a high opinion of: the cognoscenti have always rated his political skills [Medieval Latin rata]
rate 2
Verb
[rating, rated] to scold or criticize severely [origin unknown]
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| Noun | 1. | rate - 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" magnitude relation, quantitative relation - a relation between magnitudes acceleration - (physics) a rate of increase of velocity deceleration - (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity attrition rate, rate of attrition - the rate of shrinkage in size or number birth rate, birthrate, fertility, fertility rate, natality - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year bits per second, bps - (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem) crime rate - the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year data rate - the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate, mortality - the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year dose rate - the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESR, sed rate, sedimentation rate - the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation flux - the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface frequence, frequency, oftenness - the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older" growth rate, rate of growth - the rate of increase in size per unit time cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz, Hz, cps, cycle - the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second inflation rate, rate of inflation - the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis jerk - (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, km/h, kph - the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) metabolic rate - rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period miles per hour, mph - the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) heart rate, pulse rate, pulse - the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health rate of return - the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost rate of respiration, respiratory rate - the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health sampling rate - (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time solar constant - the rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere spacing - the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children" |
| 2. |  rate - amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"pay rate, rate of pay - amount of money received per unit time; "women's pay rate is lower than men's" installment rate, payment rate, rate of payment, repayment rate - the amount of money paid out per unit time charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge" tax rate - rate used to calculate tax liability interest rate, rate of interest - the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use freight rate, freightage, freight - the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" depreciation rate, rate of depreciation - the rate at which the value of property is reduced; used to calculate tax deduction exchange rate, rate of exchange - the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another excursion rate - a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket footage - a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done linage, lineage - a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted room rate - the rate charged daily for a hotel room | |
| 3. | rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" temporal property - a property relating to time fastness, swiftness, speed - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" beat - a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" deliberateness, unhurriedness, slowness, deliberation - a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry sluggishness - the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold" | |
| 4. | rate - 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" proportion - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole | |
| Verb | 1. | rate - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" superordinate - place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" shortlist - put someone or something on a short list seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds reorder - assign a new order to subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" prioritise, prioritize - assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" sequence - arrange in a sequence downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| 2. | rate - be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 3. | rate - estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" revalue - value anew; "revalue the German Mark" |
rate
verb 4. evaluate, consider, rank, reckon, class, value, measure, regard, estimate, count, grade, assess, weigh, esteem, classify, appraise, adjudge
verb 5. deserve, merit, be entitled to, be worthy of at any rate in any case, anyway, nevertheless, anyhow, at all events
Translations
rate [reɪt] n (= ratio) → razón f (= percentage); tanto por ciento (= price); precio: [of hotel] → tarifa; [of interest] → tipo (= speed); velocidad f
to rate as → ser considerado como;
failure rate → porcentaje m de fallos;
rate of growth → ritmo de crecimiento;
rate of return (COMM) → tasa de rendimiento;
rate [reɪt] n (= ratio) → taux m, pourcentage m (= speed); vitesse f, rythme m (= price); tarif m
rates npl (Brit) (= property tax); impôts locaux;
to rate sb/sth as → considérer qn/qch comme;
rate of flow → débit m;
rate of return → (taux de) rendement m;
rate [reɪt] n (speed) (of change etc) → Tempo nt;
(of inflation, unemployment etc) → Rate f;
vt → einschätzen;
rates npl (Brit) (property tax) → Kommunalabgaben pl;
rate of growth (Econ) → Wachstumsrate f;
rate of return (Fin) → Rendite f;
pulse rate → Pulszahl f;
at this/that rate → wenn es so weitergeht;
to rate sb/sth as → jdn/etw einschätzen als;
to rate sb/sth highly → jdn/etw hoch einschätzen
rate [reɪt] n (= proportion) → tasso, percentuale f (= speed); velocità f inv (= price); tariffa
to rate sb/sth among → annoverare qn/qc tra;
rate of return → tasso di rendimento;
pulse rate → frequenza delle pulsazioni see also rates
n rate [reit]
1 the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory. koers مُعَدَّل скорост počet frekvens die Rate ποσοστό tasa, índice määr میزان lukumäärä taux, pourcentage קֶצֶב दर stopa arány, ráta angka tíðni, hlutfall, prósenta tasso, percentuale 率 율, 확률 dažnumas, vidutinis skaičius daudzums; skaits (laika periodā) kadar aantal prosent, tall, hyppighet przeciętna (liczba) taxa rată, procent(aj) норма; коэффициент počet, stupeň odstotek stopa tal, siffra อัตรา oran, nisbet 率 коефіцієнт شرح tỷ lệ 率
2 the number or amount of something (in relation to something else); a ratio There was a failure rate of one pupil in ten in the exam. koers, verhouding نِسْبَه процент poměr, kvóta procent die Quote αναλογία, ποσοστό porcentaje suhe نسبت määrä pourcentage שִׁיעוּר किसी भी हालत में omjer arány(szám) perbandingan hlutfall, prósenta percentuale 比率 율, 비율 proporcija, santykis proporcija; koeficients nisbah verhouding hyppighet stosunek, współczynnik proporção procentaj доля, процент pomer, podiel delež stopa frekvens อัตราต่อหน่วย oran, nisbet 比率 пропорція تناسب tỷ lệ 比率
3 the speed with which something happens or is done He works at a tremendous rate; the rate of increase/expansion. pas سُرْعَه темпо rychlost hastighed die Geschwindigkeit ρυθμός velocidad, ritmo tempo سرعت vauhti, nopeus vitesse קֶצֶב दर brzina sebesség kecepatan hraði ritmo, velocità 速さ 속도 sparta, tempas temps; ātrums kadar tempo tempo, fart tempo velocidade ritm; viteză скорость; темп rýchlosť, tempo hitrost brzina hastighet, fart, takt อัตราความเร็ว hız, sürat 速度，速率 швидкість; темп رفتار tốc độ 速度，速率
4 the level (of pay), cost etc (of or for something) What is the rate of pay for this job? vlak مُسْتَوى стойност tarif, sazba (løn-)sats der Satz τιμή, επίπεδο tarifa tase نرخ؛ درصد taso tarif שַׁעַר दर stopa, postotak tarifa tingkat taxti tariffa 相場 시세, 가격 dydis, norma, tarifas tarifs; norma; likme kos niveau takst, sats stawka tarifa tarif ставка tarifa, sadzba, cena tarifa cena pris, belopp, kostnad ราคา oran, nisbet; saptanmış ücret 費用，价格 тариф; розцінка قیمت mức; giá 费用，价格
5 (usually in plural) a tax, especially, in United Kingdom, paid by house-owners etc to help with the running of their town etc. belasting ضَريبَه данък сгради poplatek kommuneskat die Kommunalsteuer δημοτικά τέλη (πληθ.) contribución municipal, impuestos municipales kohalik maks مالیت بر ملک؛ عوارض شهرداری vero impôts locaux מַס עִירוֹנִי स्थानीय आवश्यकताओं के लिए लगाया हुआ कर, स्थानीय कर općinski prirez helyi adó pajak skattur (imposta locale) 税金 (영국의) 지방세 komunalinis mokestis īpašuma nodoklis cukai gemeentebelasting kommuneskatt podatek lokalny imposto local impozit местный налог poplatok, taxa pristojbina porez kommunalskatt ภาษีโรงเรือน bina vergisi （英國）地方稅 місцевий податок محصول thuế địa phương （英国）地方税
v
to estimate or be estimated, with regard to worth, merit, value etc I don't rate this book very highly; He doesn't rate very highly as a dramatist in my estimation. gradeer يُقَيِّم، يُعْطي قيمَه изчислявам hodnotit, být ceněn vurdere; regnes einschätzen, gelten als λογαριάζω, λογαριάζομαι, μετρώ estimar, tasar, valorar hindama بر آورد کردن؛ ارزیابی کردن arvostaa, yltää assigner une valeur à; être évalué לְהַעֲרִיך दर नियत करना procijeniti becsül menilai meta valutare, giudicare 評価する 평가받다; 평가하다 vertinti, būti vertinamam vērtēt; tikt vērtētam menganggarkan schatten, geschat worden vurdere, anslå, regnes oceniać, być zaliczonym classificar(-se) a aprecia; a fi apreciat; a evalua оценивать; котироваться hodnotiť; byť ohodnotený ceniti proceniti uppskatta, värdera ประเมินค่า değerlendirmek, saymak 對...評价 оцінювати(ся) اندازہ لگانا đánh giá 对...评价
n rating
1 (usually in plural) the position of importance, popularity etc (of a person, thing etc) This television programme has had some very bad ratings recently. gradering تَصْنيف، تَقْدير الرُّتْبَه рейтинг ohlas bedømmelse; seertal die Quote κατάταξη, αποτέλεσμα δημοσκόπησης índice de audiencia (televisión); clasificación, posición reiting, populaarsusnäit (درجه بندی؛ طبقه بندی فیلم های سینمایی ( از نظر مناسب بودن برای نوجوانان cote דִירוּג कर, शुल्क ocjena minősítés; nézettség peringkat vinsældir samkvæmt könnun ascolto; 格付け 평가, 견적; 신용도 reitingas, vertinimas reitings; vērtējums pemeringkatan waarderingscijfer; kijkcijfer oppslutning, anseelse; seertall klasyfikacja, notowanie classificação rating, cotă de popularitate рейтинг ohlas ocena, gledanost rejting popularitet, tittarsiffror การจัดอันดับฐานะการเงินและความน่าเชื่อถือ reyting, seyredilme oranı 等級 рейтинг درجہ بندی sự xếp loại 等级
2 an ordinary sailor, as opposed to an officer. manskap بَحّار عادي матрос prostý námořník menig mariner der einfache Matrose ναύτης marinero lihtmadrus درجه دار؛ مهناوی merimies matelot מלח श्रेणी, वर्ग mornar bez čina tengerészközlegény kelasi óbreyttur sjóliði marinaio 水兵 수병 jūreivis ierindas jūrnieks kelasi bawahan matroos menig i sjøforsvaret marynarz marinheiro matelot матрос prostý námorník navaden mornar običan mornar matros, menig ลูกเรือ er 水手，船員 рядовий моряк ایک معمولی جہاز راں hạ sĩ quan 水手，船员
at this, at that rate
if this or if that is the case; if this or if that continues He says that he isn't sure whether we'll be allowed to finish, but at that rate we might as well not start. teen hierdie tempo إذا كان الأمرُ كَذلك، إذا صَحَّ ذلك с такава скорост v tom případě på denne måde unter diesen Umständen σε αυτήν την περίπτωση, αν είναι έτσι en ese caso; a este paso sel juhul به این طریق؛ اگر وضع بدین طریق باشد tätä menoa à ce compte là בַּקֶצֶב הַזֶה यदि परिस्थितियां इसी तरह रहीं, तो, तब u tom slučaju ha ez így megy tovább kalau begitu, jika demikian með þessu áframhaldi di questo/quel passo このぶんでは 이런/그런 식이라면, 이래/그래 가지고는 šiuo/tuo atveju tādā gadījumā peringkat in dat geval i så fall, i dette tempoet w takim wypadku/razie a ser/continuar assim în cazul acesta в таком случае v tom prípade na ta način u tom slučaju i så fall ตรงจุดนั้น เวลานั้น bu gidişle, böyle giderse 這樣或那樣的話 в такому випадку اس رفتار سے trong trường hợp này 这样或那样的话
rate of exchange
the relative values of the currencies of two or more countries I want to change some dollars into francs – what is the rate of exchange? wisselkoers قيمَة التَّبْديل курс devizový kurz valutakurs; vekselkurs der Wechselkurs τιμή συναλλάγματος tipo de cambio rahavahetuskurss نرخ ارز vaihtokurssi taux de change שַׁעַר חֲלִיפִין मानक मुद्रा दर valutni tečaj valuta-, devizaárfolyam kurs gengi (gjaldmiðla) cambio 為替相場 환율 (valiutos) keitimo kursas valūtas (maiņas) kurss nilai koers valutakurs kurs wymiany taxa de câmbio curs/rată de schimb обменный курс devízový kurz, výmenný kurz valút menjalni tečaj devizni kurs växelkurs อัตราแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตรา döviz kuru 兌換率 курс обміну валюти زر مبادلہ tỷ giá hối đoái 兑换率
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