rate
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology 1
From Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte, from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, originally reckon, calculate”).
Noun
rate (plural rates)
- (obsolete) The estimated 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V.3:
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from the 15th century]
- At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
- Speed. [from the 17th century]
- The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
- The relative speed of change or progress. [from the 18th century]
- The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost. [from the 16th century]
- He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. [from the 16th century]
- Postal rates here are low.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. [from the 17th century]
- I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- This textbook is first rate.
Derived terms
- at any rate
- flat rate
- interest rate
- mortality rate
- failure rate
- rate limiting
Translations
proportional relationship between amounts
speed — see speed
relative speed of change or progress
price of individual thing
set price or fee determined in relation to a particular scale or standard
wage calculated in relation to a unit of time
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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.
- (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 0553249592, 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 UK) 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 her's didn't rate very high with the judges.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hratjanan, *hratōnan (“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.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.56:
- Andronicus the Emperour, finding by chance in his pallace certaine principall men very earnestly disputing against Lapodius about one of our points of great importance, taunted and rated them very bitterly, and threatened if they gave not over, he would cause them to be cast into the river.
- 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
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
Translations
See to berate.
Anagrams
External links
- rate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- rate at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain.
Noun
rate f (plural rates)
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
rate f (plural rates)
- (female) rat
Verb
rate
- first-person singular indicative present form of rater
- third-person singular indicative present form of rater
- first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
- third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
- second-person singular imperative of rater
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːtə
Verb
rate
- First-person singular present of raten.
- Imperative singular of raten.
- Rate mal, wer gerade gekommen ist! - Guess who's just arrived.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of raten.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of raten.
