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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rate \Rate\, n. [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.) 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rate \Rate\, v. t. & i. [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.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rate n 1: amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" [syn: {charge per unit}] 2: 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" 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: {pace}] 4: (British) a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) v 1: assign a rank or rating to "how would you rank these students?" [syn: {rank}, {range}, {order}, {grade}, {place}] 2: be worthy of or have a certain rating [syn: {deserve}, {merit}] 3: estimate the value of something [syn: {value}]
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