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under these circumstances; if this goes on; etc.
To fix at a rate of transportation: as, freight was rated as low as possible.
To convey or transport at a given rate.
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A reckoning by comparative values or relations; proportional estimation according to some standard; relative amount, quantity, range, or degree: as, the rate of interest is 6 per cent. (that is, $6 for every $100 for every year); the rate per mile of railroad charges. expenses, or speed; a rapid rate of growth or of progress.
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Charge or valuation according to a scale or standard; comparative price or amount of demand; a fixed measure of estimation.
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A fixed public tax or imposition assessed on property for some local purpose, usually according to income or value: as, poor- rates or church- rates in Great Britain.
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A proportion allotted or permitted; an allotment or provision; a regulated amount or supply.
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A relative scale of being, action, or conduct; comparative degree or extent of any mode of existence or procedure; proportion in manner or method: as, an extravagant rate of living or of expenditure. See at any rate, at no rate. below.
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Hence Mode or manner of arrangement; order; state.
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Degree, rank, or estimation; rating; appraisement: used of persons and their qualities.
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The order or class of a vessel, formerly regulated in the United States navy by the number of guns carried, but now by the tonnage displacement.
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In the United States navy, the grade or position of any one of the crew: same as rating, 2.
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In horology, the daily gain or loss of a chronometer or other timepiece.
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Synonyms Assessment, Impost, etc. See tax.
To chide with vehemence; reprove; scold; censure violently.
To affect by chiding or reproving; restrain by vehement censure.
To utter vehement censure or reproof; inveigh scoldingly: with at.
To ratify. To rate the truce they swore.
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A ratification.
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A reproof; specifically, in hunting, a reproof to a dog.
Having missed fire, literally or figuratively; having failed.
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One who has failed; a person who is a failure.
To reckon by comparative estimation; regard as of such a value, rank, or degree; hold at a certain valuation or estimate; appraise; fix the value or price of.
To assess as to payment or contribution; fix the comparative liability of, for taxation or the like; reckon at so much in obligation or capability; set a rate upon.
To fix the relative scale, rank, or position of: as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman.
To determine the rate of, or rate-error of, as a chronometer or other timepiece. See rate, n., 10.
To have value, rank, standing, or estimation: as, the vessel rates as a ship of the line.