rating

rat·ing ¹  (rtng)

n.

1. A position assigned on a scale; a standing.

2.

a. A classification according to specialty or proficiency, as of a member of the armed forces.

b. Chiefly British An enlisted person in the navy.

3. An evaluation of the financial status of a business or person: a credit rating.

4. A specified performance limit, as of capacity, range, or operational capability: the power rating of a light fixture.

5. The popularity of a television or radio program as estimated by a poll of segments of the audience.

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rat·ing ²  (rtng)

n.

A harsh scolding.

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rating¹

n

1. a classification according to order or grade; ranking

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (in certain navies) a sailor who holds neither commissioned nor warrant rank; an ordinary seaman

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Sailing) Sailing a handicap assigned to a racing boat based on its dimensions, sail area, weight, draught, etc.

4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) the estimated financial or credit standing of a business enterprise or individual

5. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Radio Television a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network

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rating²

n

a sharp scolding or rebuke

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rating - an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" valuation, evaluation appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth overvaluation - too high a value or price assigned to something undervaluation - too low a value or price assigned to something pricing - the evaluation of something in terms of its price reevaluation - the evaluation of something a second time (or more) mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" bond rating - an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default; "the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA"
	2.	rating - act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of evaluation judgment, assessment, judgement - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" scoring, grading, marking - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
	3.	rating - standing or position on a scale standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"
	4.	rating - rank in a military organization       military rank, military rating, paygrade armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" flag rank - the rank of a flag officer

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rating

noun position, ranking, evaluation, classification, placing, rate, order, standing, class, degree, estimate, rank, status, grade, designation a value-for-money rating of ten out of ten

Translations

rating¹ [ˈreɪtɪŋ] N

1. (= ranking) Labour's ratings in the polls are high → las encuestas demuestran que el partido laborista goza de un alto nivel de popularidad
each wine was given a rating out of ten → cada vino recibió una puntuación del uno al diez
jobs which have a low rating on the social scale → los trabajos que ocupan una posición baja en la escala social
see also credit C
see also poll D

2. ratings (TV, Rad) → índice msing de audiencia
ratings war guerra por alcanzar el mayor índice de audiencia

3. (= act of valuing) → tasación f, valuación f

4. (Brit) (Naut) (= sailor) → marinero m; (class) [of ship] → clase f
a naval rating → un marinero
see also octane

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rating² [ˈreɪtɪŋ] N → reprensión f

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rating [ˈreɪtɪŋ]

n

(= ranking) → note f
to be given a top rating → se voir décerner la note maximale
to be given a high rating → se voir décerner une note élevée
to be given a low rating → se voir décerner une mauvaise note
two-star rating (for hotel, resort) → classement m deux étoiles
approval rating → cote f de popularité
opinion poll rating → cote f dans les sondages
popularity rating → cote f de popularité

[film] → classification f
to get an R rating
The film got an R rating → Le film a été interdit aux moins de 17 ans.

(NAUTICAL, NAVAL) (British) (= sailor) → matelot m ratings

npl (RADIO, TV) → audimat® m, indice m d'écoute
ratings war n → guerre f de l'audimat

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rating¹

n

(= assessment) → (Ein)schätzung f; (Brit, of house) → Veranlagung f; what’s your rating of his abilities? → wie schätzen Sie seine Fähigkeiten ein?

(= class, category, Sport: of yacht, car) → Klasse f; (Fin: also credit rating) → Kreditfähigkeit f; (Elec) → Leistung f; (of petrol: also octane rating) → Oktanzahl f; what’s his rating? → wie wird er eingestuft?; he has attained world-class rating → er hat Weltklasse(format) erreicht; the popularity rating of a TV programme → die Zuschauerzahlen eines Fernsehprogramms; the government’s low rating in the opinion polls → die niedrigen Werte der Regierung in den Meinungsumfragen; security rating → Sicherheitseinstufung f; voltage rating → Grenzspannung f; high/low ratings (TV) → hohe/niedrige Werte pl; to boost ratings (TV) → die Werte stark verbessern; the ratings war/battle (TV) → der Krieg/Kampf um die Einschaltquoten; ratings hit (TV) → Quotenhit m

(Naut) (= rank) → Rang m; (= sailor) → Matrose m

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rating²

n (= scolding) → Schelte f

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rating [ˈreɪtɪŋ] n

a. (assessment) → valutazione f
their popularity rating is at an all-time low → la loro popolarità ha raggiunto i minimi storici

b. (Naut) → marinaio semplice

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rating rate