rated

Variant of rate

noun

  1. the amount, degree, etc. of anything in relation to units of something else: the rate of pay per month, rate of speed per hour
  2. a fixed ratio; proportion
  3. a price or value; specif., the cost per unit of some commodity, service, etc.: insurance rate
  4. speed of movement or action: to read at a moderate rate
  5. the amount of time gained or lost by a timepiece within a specified period
  6. Now Rare a class or rank: of the first rate
  7. Brit. a local property tax: usually used in pl.
  8. Obsolete amount; quantity
  9. U.S. Navy the grade of a petty officer within a rating: the sailor's rate is Quartermaster first class

Origin: OFr < L rata (pars), reckoned (part), fem. of ratus, pp. of reri, to reckon < IE *rē-, var. of base *ar-, to fit, join > art, order

transitive verb rated, rating

  1. to estimate the value, worth, strength, capacity, etc. of; appraise
    1. to put into a particular class or rank
    2. U.S. Navy to assign a rate to
  2. to consider; esteem: they are rated among the best
  3. to fix or determine the rates for
  4. Informal to deserve: to rate an increase

intransitive verb

  1. to be classed or ranked
  2. to have value, status, or rating
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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