Definitions of rate
v. t. & i. - To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
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n. - Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
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n. - 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.
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n. - Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
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n. - 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.
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n. - Order; arrangement.
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n. - Ratification; approval.
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n. - The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
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n. - The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
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n. - The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
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v. t. - To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
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v. t. - To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
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v. t. - 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.
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v. t. - To ratify.
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v. i. - To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
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v. i. - To make an estimate.
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The word "rate" uses 4 letters: A E R T.
Direct anagrams of rate:
tare tear
Words formed by adding one letter before or after rate (in bold), or to aert in any order:
a - reata b - taber c - caret carte cater crate react recta trace d - dater derat rated tared trade tread e - arete eater f - after g - grate great retag targe terga h - earth hater heart rathe i - irate retia terai k - taker l - alert alter artel later ratel taler m - armet mater ramet tamer n - antre o - oater orate p - apter pater peart prate taper r - rater tarre terra s - aster rates stare tares tears t - tater tetra treat u - urate v - avert trave w - tawer water x - extra retax taxer y - teary
Shorter words found within rate:
ae ar are art at ate ear eat er era et eta rat re ret ta tae tar tea
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