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- DictionaryRate/rāt/
noun
- 1. a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure: "the crime rate rose by 26 percent"
- 2. a fixed price paid or charged for something, especially goods or services: "advertising rates"
verb
- 1. assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale: "they were asked to rate their ability at different driving maneuvers"
- 2. consider to be of a certain quality, standard, or rank: "the program has been rated a great success"
noun. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis. “a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5”. synonyms: charge per unit. see more. noun. a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit. “they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour”. “the rate of change was faster than expected”.
1. A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity: a rate of speed of 60 miles an hour. 2. A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion: the mortality rate; a tax rate. 3. The cost per unit of a commodity or service: postal rates. 4.
a fixed amount of money given for something: the interest / exchange rate. rates of pay. rate noun [C] (SPEED) B2. the speed at which something happens: the rate of progress. at this rate. used before saying what will happen if a situation continues in the same way: At this rate we're not going to be there till midnight. at any rate.
[countable] a measurement of the number of times something happens or something does something during a particular period. We have seen a reduction in the crime rate over the last 12 months. a high success/failure rate. the youth unemployment rate. His pulse rate dropped suddenly. rate of something a high/low/rising rate of unemployment.
1 day ago · 1. countable noun. The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow. The world's tropical forests are disappearing at an even faster rate than experts had thought. Synonyms: speed, pace, tempo, velocity More Synonyms of rate. 2. countable noun.
[transitive, usually passive] to place somebody/something in a particular position on a scale in relation to similar people or things synonym rank. be rated (+ adv./prep.) The schools were rated according to their exam results. The difficulty of each exercise is rated on a scale of 1 to 5. It's a chance to watch six top-rated players.
Definition of rate noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
