Rate Definition

rāt
rated, rates, rating
noun
rates
The amount, degree, etc. of anything in relation to units of something else.
The rate of pay per month, rate of speed per hour.
Webster's New World
A fixed ratio; proportion.
Webster's New World
A price or value; specif., the cost per unit of some commodity, service, etc.
Insurance rate.
Webster's New World
Speed of movement or action.
To read at a moderate rate.
Webster's New World
A charge or payment calculated in relation to a particular sum or quantity.
Interest rates.
American Heritage
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verb
rated, rates, rating
To estimate the value, worth, strength, capacity, etc. of; appraise.
Webster's New World
To put into a particular class or rank.
Webster's New World
To specify the performance limits of, especially according to a standard scale.
This fuse is rated at 50 amperes. The fishing line is rated for 30 pounds.
American Heritage
To assign a rate to.
Webster's New World
To consider; esteem.
They are rated among the best.
Webster's New World
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idiom
at any rate
  • Whatever the case may be; in any case:

    You should at any rate apologize.

  • Used to indicate a revision or correction to a previous remark:

    We were delighted, or at any rate satisfied, with the results.

American Heritage
at any rate
  • in any event; whatever happens
  • at least; anyway
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rate

Noun

Singular:
rate
Plural:
rates

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rate

Origin of Rate

  • From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide"), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with"), from Proto-Germanic *hratōnÄ… (“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").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin rata proportion short for Latin (prō) ratā (parte) (according to a) fixed (part) from feminine ablative past participle of rērī to consider, reckon ar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte, from ratus (“fixed"), from rÄ“rÄ« (“think, deem, judge, originally reckon, calculate").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English raten perhaps of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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