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Webster 1913 Edition

Rate

Rate

,
Noun.
[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.
Valuation; price 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.

Rate

,
Verb.
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 dependent thereon.
Syn. – To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.

Rate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rate

RATE

,
Noun.
[L. ratus, reor, contracted from retor, redor, or resor. See Ratio and Reason.]
1.
The proportion or standard by which quantity or value is adjusted; as silver valued at the rate of six shillings and eight pence the ounce.
The rate and standard of wit was different then from what it is in these days.
2.
Price or amount stated or fixed on any thing. A king may purchase territory at too dear a rate. The rate of interest is prescribed by law.
3.
Settled allowance; as a daily rate of provisions. 2Kings 25.
4.
Degree; comparative height or value.
I am a spirit of no common rate.
In this did his holiness and godliness apear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so infintely merciful.
5.
Degree in which any thing is done. the ship sails at the rate of seven knots an hour.
Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come lup soon enough.
6.
Degree of value; price. Wheat in England is often sold at the rate of fifty shillings the quarter. wit may be purchased at too dear a rate.
7.
a tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; as parish rates; town rates; highway rates.
8.
In the navy, the order or class of a ship, according to its magnitude or force. Ships of the first rate mount a hundred guns or upwards; those of the second rate carry from 90 to 98 guns; those of the third rate carry from 64 to 80 guns; those of the fourth rate from 50 to 60 guns; those of the fifth rate from 32 to 44 guns; those of the sixth rate from 20 to 30 guns. Those of the two latter rates are called frigates.

RATE

, v.t.
1.
To set a certain value on; to value at a certain price or degree of excellence.
You seem not high enough your joys to rate.
Instead of rating the man by his performances, we too frequently rate the performance by the man.
2.
To fix the magnitude, force or order, as of ships. A ship is rated in the first class, or as a ship of the line.

RATE

, v.i.
1.
To be set or considered in a class, as a ship. The ship rates as a ship of the line.
2.
To make an estimate.

RATE

,
Verb.
T.
[See Read. It is probably allied to rattle, and perhaps to L. rudo.]
To chide with vehemence; to reprove; to scold; to censure violently.
Go, rate thy minions, proud insulting boy.
An old lord of the council rated me the other day in the street about you, sir.

Definition 2024

Rate

Rate

See also: rate, raté, ratë, Räte, råte, rațe, and râté

German

Noun

Rate f ‎(genitive Rate, plural Raten)

  1. rate
  2. (portion of a payment) installment, instalment

Declension

Derived terms

rate

rate

See also: Rate, raté, ratë, Räte, råte, rațe, and râté

English

Noun

rate ‎(plural rates)

  1. (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.
  2. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from the 15th century]
    • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
      In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
    At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.‎
  3. Speed. [from the 17th century]
    The car was speeding down here at a **** of a rate.‎
    • Clarendon
      Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough.
  4. The relative speed of change or progress. [from the 18th century]
    The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.‎
  5. The price of (an individual) thing; cost. [from the 16th century]
    He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.‎
  6. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. [from the 16th century]
    Postal rates here are low.‎
  7. 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.‎
  8. 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.‎
  9. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
    This textbook is first-rate.‎
  10. (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
    • Spenser
      The one right feeble through the evil rate / Of food which in her duress she had found.
  11. (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
    • Spenser
      Thus sat they all around in seemly rate.
  12. (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)
  13. (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
    daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
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Verb

rate ‎(third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)

  1. (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
    She is rated fourth in the country.
  2. (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
    They rate his talents highly.
    • South
      To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.
  3. (transitive) To consider or regard.
    He rated this book brilliant.
  4. (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.
  5. (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
    The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
  6. (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
  7. (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
    The customers don't rate the new burgers.
  8. (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.
  9. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
    This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
  10. (transitive) To ratify.
    • Chapman
      to rate the truce
  11. 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
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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)

  1. (transitive) To berate, scold.
    • Shakespeare
      Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!
    • Barrow
      Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
      Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, 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
      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.
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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁat/

Etymology 1

From Germanic. See Dutch rate, literally "honeycomb," as the cellular tissue of the spleen is said to resemble honeycomb.[1]

Noun

rate f ‎(plural rates)

  1. spleen

References

  1. ↑ Brachet, An etymological dictionary of the French language

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

rate f ‎(plural rates)

  1. (female) rat

Verb

rate

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rater
  2. third-person singular present indicative of rater
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rater
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of rater
  5. second-person singular imperative of rater

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːtə

Verb

rate

  1. First-person singular present of raten.
  2. Imperative singular of raten.
    Rate mal, wer gerade gekommen ist! - Guess who's just arrived.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of raten.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of raten.

Interlingua

Noun

rate ‎(plural rates)

  1. A raft.

Italian

Noun

rate f

  1. plural of rata

Anagrams

Ladin

Verb

rate

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rater
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of rater
  3. third-person singular present subjunctive of rater
  4. third-person plural present subjunctive of rater

Latin

Adjective

rate

  1. vocative masculine singular of ratus

Norman

Noun

rate f ‎(plural rates)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) spleen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin (pro) rata

Noun

rate m ‎(definite singular raten, indefinite plural rater, definite plural ratene)

  1. rate
  2. instalment (UK) or installment (US)
    månedlige rater - monthly instalments

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin (pro) rata

Noun

rate m ‎(definite singular raten, indefinite plural ratar, definite plural ratane)

  1. rate
  2. instalment (UK) or installment (US)
    månadlege ratar - monthly instalments

Derived terms

References

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀaːtə/

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