noun. Plural form of rate.

noun. Taxes, usually on property, levelled by local government.

noun. a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)

"GLD: Interest rates are going up....there is a correlation..rates go up gold goes down..but we don't think of gold as a commodity here, we think of gold as a currency."

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revenue enhancement  tax  taxation  

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