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

1. transitive/intransitive verb. To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
2. noun. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
3. noun. 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. noun. Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
5. noun. 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. noun. Order; arrangement.
7. noun. Ratification; approval.
8. noun. The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
9. noun. The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
10. noun. The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
11. transitive verb. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
12. transitive verb. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
13. transitive 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.
14. transitive verb. To ratify.
15. intransitive verb. To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
16. intransitive verb. To make an estimate.
17. noun. the relative speed of progress or change

    "he lived at a fast pace"

    "he works at a great rate"

    Synonyms: pace

18. noun. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis

    "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"

19. noun. a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure

    "the literacy rate"

    "the retention rate"

20. 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"

21. verb. assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rank

22. verb. estimate the value of

    "How would you rate his chances to become President?"

    "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"

    Synonyms: value

23. verb. be worthy of or have a certain rating

    "This bond rates highly"

Synonyms

pace, grade, order, place, range, rank, value

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rate:

aret, arte, erat, tare, tear, tera

Common word forms

rated, rater, rates, rateen, rating, rateable, rateless, ratement

Words from these letters

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