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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”.
Definition of rate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. rate. noun. OPAL W OPAL S. /reɪt/ Idioms. [countable] a measurement of the speed at which something happens. rate (of something) Figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation.
n. 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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rate1 /reɪt/ S1 W1 noun [ countable] 1 number the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a certain period birth/unemployment/crime etc rate Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 6.5% in February. a rapid increase in the divorce rate high/low rate of som...
2 days 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.
rate. noun. /reɪt/ a measurement of the speed at which something happens Most people walk at an average rate of 2 miles an hour. The number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate. Figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation. At the rate you work, you'll never finish! Join us.
