Definitions and meaning of rate
rate
Pronunciation
- enPR: rāt, IPA(key): /ɹeɪt/,
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- Rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).
Noun
rate (plural rates)
- (obsolete) The worth of something; value. [15th-19th centuries]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V.3:
- There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.
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- His natural parts were not of the first rate, but he had greatly improved them by a learned education.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- rate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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.
- She is rated fourth in the country.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- They rate his talents highly.
- 1661, Robert South, False Foundations Removed (sermon)
- To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- He rated this book brilliant.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 101:
- Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
- (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- The customers don't rate the new burgers.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
- He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hratōną (“to sway, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing”). Cognate with Swedish rata (“to reject, refuse, find fault, slight”), Norwegian rata (“to reject, cast aside”), Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”).
Verb
rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)
- (transitive) To berate, scold.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
- Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.
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- a. 1692, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance
- Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.
- 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman, ch.iv:
- He beheld him, his head still muffled in the veil [...] couching, like a rated hound, upon the threshold of the chapel; but apparently without venturing to cross it;[...]a man borne down and crushed to the earth by the burden of his inward feelings.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch.XV, Practical — Devotional
- The successful monk, on the morrow morning, hastens home to Ely [...]. The successful monk, arriving at Ely, is rated for a goose and an owl; is ordered back to say that Elmset was the place meant.
Translations
Further reading
- rate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- 'eart, Ater, Reta, aret, tare, tear, tera-
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Germanic, probably Dutch rate (literally “honeycomb”), as the cellular tissue of the spleen is said to resemble honeycomb, from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁d-eh₂-.
Noun
rate f (plural rates)
- spleen
Etymology 2
rat + -e
Noun
rate f (plural rates, masculine rat)
- female equivalent of rat; female rat
Verb
rate
- first-person singular present indicative of rater
- third-person singular present indicative of rater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- second-person singular imperative of rater
References
Anagrams
Further reading
- “rate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Verb
rate
- inflection of raten:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- Rate mal, wer gerade gekommen ist! - Guess who's just arrived.
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I of raten
Interlingua
Noun
rate (plural rates)
- A raft.
Italian
Noun
rate f
- plural of rata
Anagrams
- arte, atre, erta, etra, tare, trae
Ladin
Verb
rate
- first-person singular present indicative of rater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- third-person plural present subjunctive of rater
Latin
Adjective
rate
- vocative masculine singular of ratus
Noun
rate
- ablative singular of ratis
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
rate f (plural rates)
- (Jersey, anatomy) spleen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin (pro) rata
Noun
rate m (definite singular raten, indefinite plural rater, definite plural ratene)
- rate
- instalment (UK) or installment (US)
- månedlige rater - monthly instalments
Derived terms
References
- “rate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin (pro) rata
Noun
rate m (definite singular raten, indefinite plural ratar, definite plural ratane)
- rate
- instalment (UK) or installment (US)
- månadlege ratar - monthly instalments
Derived terms
References
- “rate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
rate (Cyrillic spelling рате)
- vocative singular of rat
Source: wiktionary.org- RATCH, to wander, prowl.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)