ratenoun詞源 1/ɹeɪt/

• 1

  obsoleteThe worth of something; value.

  • There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.
  • His natural parts were not of the first rate, but he had greatly improved them by a learned education.
• 2

  The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.

  • At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
  • Negative responses to this program were being received by the office of the National Gay Task Force at the rate of ten to one.
• 3

  Speed.

  • The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
  • Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough.
• 4

  The relative speed of change or progress.

  • The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
• 5

  The price of (an individual) thing; cost.

  • He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
• 6

  A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.

  • Postal rates here are low.
• 7

  A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.

  • We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
• 8

  Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.

  • I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.

rateverb詞源 1/ɹeɪt/

• 1

  To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.

  • She is rated fourth in the country.
• 2

  To evaluate or estimate the value of.

  • They rate his talents highly.
  • To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.
• 3

  To consider or regard.

  • He rated this book brilliant.
• 4

  To deserve; to be worth.

  • The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
  • Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.
• 5

  To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.

  • The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
• 6

  To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.

• 7

  informalTo like; to think highly of.

  • The customers don't rate the new burgers.
• 8

  hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingTo take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.

  • Throughout the first turn is where the jockey rates the horse if the need arises. Rating a horse is where you keep it from putting out too much too soon.

rateverb詞源 2/ɹeɪt/

• 1

  obsoleteTo berate, scold.

  • Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.
  • Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!

rateverb詞源 3/ɹeɪt/

• 1

  obsoletedialectalTo cause (hay, hemp, flax, etc) to decay (whether in an injurious way, or—as retting—in a useful way) by exposure to weather, particularly wetness.

  • From the "line pit" it [flax] is carried to the “RATING GROUND;" - a piece of unbroken aftergrass, where the sheaflets are untied, and the flax spread thin upon the grass. It is calculated, that a full crop ought to cover as much ground as it grew upon. Here it lies until it be sufficiently "rated;" namely, until the more woodlike substance of the stems will separate […]
  • […] hay when it is cocked either wette or greene, for then sure it is to be rated, and beinge rated looseth both the goode smell and goode taste; and likewise the colour, as yow may perceive by the blackenesse of the cocke on the outside; for if the[…]