Thesaurus: rate

Related headwords

Definitions

1. v. t. & i. To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
2. n. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
3. 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.
4. n. Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
5. 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.
6. n. Order; arrangement.
7. n. Ratification; approval.
8. n. The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
9. n. The order or class to which a war class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/vessel">vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
10. n. The class of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/merchant">merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
11. v. t. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
12. v. t. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
13. 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.
14. v. t. To ratify.
15. v. i. To be set or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/considered">considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
16. v. i. To make an estimate.