Dictionary Entry
rate
rate is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive/intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive/intransitive verb
To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
- 2noun
Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
Order; arrangement.
- 7noun
Ratification; approval.
- 8noun
The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
- 9noun
The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
- 10noun
The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
- 11transitive verb
To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
- 12transitive verb
To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
- 13transitive verb
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.
- 14transitive verb
To ratify.
- 15intransitive verb
To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
- 16intransitive verb
To make an estimate.
- 17noun
the relative speed of progress or change
"he lived at a fast pace"
"he works at a great rate"
Synonyms
- 18noun
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
"a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
- 19noun
a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
"the literacy rate"
"the retention rate"
- 20noun
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"
- 21verb
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"
"The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
- 22verb
estimate the value of
"How would you rate his chances to become President?"
"Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
Synonyms
- 23verb
be worthy of or have a certain rating
"This bond rates highly"
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