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Cost of advertising space or commercial time in a communications medium, as established by the management or ownership of the medium. The rate for advertising space or time as based on the circulation of a publication or the size of the listening audience, the quality of the medium's audience, and various other factors. Media will allow advertisers discounts from the basic rate structure when advertisers exceed a certain dollar volume in insertion orders or exceed a certain number of specified insertions, or when payment of advertising costs is made within a specified time period. The cost of media for advertising after discounts have been applied is called the net rate. See also rate book; rate card.

1. see interest rate.


2. amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation.

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verb

1. To make a judgment as to the worth or value of: appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, size up, valuate, value. Idioms: take the measure of. See value/worthlessness/evaluation.
2. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, class, classify, distribute, grade, group, pigeonhole, place, range, rank¹. See group, value/worthlessness/evaluation.
3. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort: deserve, earn, gain, get, merit, win. See get/lose.

rate²

verb

To reprimand loudly or harshly: bawl out, berate. Informal tell off. Idioms: give hell to, give it to. See attack/defend.

n

Definition: ratio, proportion
Antonyms: whole

v

Definition: be entitled to
Antonyms: disqualify

v. 1. assign a standard, optimal, or limiting rating to (a piece of equipment): its fuel economy is rated at 25 miles a gallon in the city.

2. to deserve or earn a privilege:

he rated shore leave.

n.

a level of proficiency within a rating: he is a Radioman, third class.

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Value, measure, or degree; a charge, payment, or price determined through the application of a mathematical formula or based upon a scale or standard.

For example, an interest rate is determined by the ratio between the principal and interest.

Rate is also used synonymously with tax.

Any of the ranks within the Navy or Coast Guard enlisted structure.

The frequency with which an event or circumstance occurs per unit of time.

• attack r. — the proportion of a population affected by a specific condition during a prescribed, usually short, period of time.
• attribute-specific r. — the rate of occurrence of a specific attribute.
• basal metabolic r. (BMR) — an expression of the rate at which oxygen is utilized in a fasting subject at complete rest as a percentage of a value established as normal for such a subject.
• birth r. — the number of births during one year for the total population (crude birth rate), for the female population (refined birth rate), or for the female population of reproductive age (true birth rate).
• case r. — morbidity rate.
• case fatality r. — the number of deaths due to a specific disease as compared with the total number of cases of the disease.
• cohort r. — the rate of occurrence of e.g. disease in cohorts.
• death r. — the number of deaths per stated number of animals (1000 or 10,000 or 100,000) in a certain region in a certain time period.
• erythrocyte sedimentation r. (ESR) — see erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
• fatality r. — the number of deaths caused by a specific circumstance or disease, expressed as the absolute or relative number among individuals encountering the circumstance or having the disease.
• five-year survival r. — an expression of the number of survivors with no trace of disease 5 years after each has been diagnosed or treated for the same disease.
• forced expiratory flow r. (FEF) — see maximal expiratory flow rate (below).
• glomerular filtration r. — an expression of the quantity of glomerular filtrate formed each minute in the nephrons of both kidneys, calculated by measuring the clearance of specific substances, e.g. inulin or creatinine.
• growth r. — an expression of the increase in size of an organic object per unit of time.
• heart r. — the number of contractions of the cardiac ventricles per unit of time.
• incidence r. — describes the probability of a new case occurring during a stated time interval.
• infection r. — percentage of the population from which a specific infectious pathogen is isolated.
• r.-limiting enzymes — rate controlling enzymic steps in metabolic pathways. Often allosteric enzymes with allosteric effector sites but can be controlled through substrate availability, product removal or enzyme concentration.
• maximal expiratory flow r. (MEFR) — the slope of the line connecting the points 200 ml and 1200 ml on the forced expiratory volume curve. See also pulmonary function tests. Called also FEF_200-1200.
• metabolic r. — an expression of the amount of oxygen consumed by the body cells.
• morbidity r. — the number of cases of a given disease occurring in a specified period per unit of population.
• mortality r. — death rate; the mortality rate of a disease is the ratio of the number of deaths from a given disease to the total number of cases of that disease.
• reactor r. — percentage of reactors in a tested population.
• respiration r. — the number of movements of the chest wall per unit of time, indicative of inspiration and expiration.
• response r. — see response.
• risk r. — see relative risk.
• sedimentation r. — the rate at which a sediment is deposited in a given volume of solution, especially when subjected to the action of a centrifuge. See also sedimentation rate.
• specific r. — expresses the frequency of a characteristic per unit of the population.
• r. standardization — adaptation of a rate so that the conditions under which it occurred are comparable with those in which other rates have been estimated. There are several methods, e.g. the equivalent average death rate.

n

Measurement of a thing by its ratio or given in relation to some standard.

For a list of words related to rate, see:

• Banking and Financial Services - rate: percentage of money returned as interest
• Judgments Pro and Con - rate: scold angrily
• Judgments and Critiques - rate: (vb) set value of; assign rank to

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hastighed, rate, grad, hyppighed
v. tr. - skælde ud, give reprimande
v. intr. - skælde ud

idioms:

• at any rate    i hvert fald, i alle tilfælde
• at that rate    i så fald, hvis det fortsætter
• at this rate    i så fald, hvis det fortsætter
• rate cap    gasregulator, lægge skatteloft over
• rate of knots    lynhurtigt

2.
v. tr. - vurdere, anslå, sætte (værdi)
v. intr. - klassificere, rangordne

3.
v. tr. - opbløde

Nederlands (Dutch)
snelheid, koers, tarief, klasse, onroerendgoed- belasting, (schatting van) waarde, ratio, krachtig terechtwijzen, aanslaan, waarderen, rang toekennen/hebben, inschatten, beschouwen als, premiehoogte vaststellen, in aanmerking komen voor, bijzonder in de gunst zijn bij, belastingplichtig zijn (onroerendgoed-/ geemeentebelasting)

Français (French)
1.
n. - rythme, taux, tarif, prix, (Fin) cours, (GB, Fisc) impôts locaux (npl)
v. tr. - réprimander (qn)
v. intr. - désapprouver

idioms:

• at a rate of knots    à toute allure, à toute vitesse
• at any rate    de toute façon, en tout cas
• at that rate    à ce train-là, de cette façon
• at this rate    à ce train-là, de cette façon

2.
v. tr. - admirer, considérer, classer, mériter (une médaille), estimer
v. intr. - classer, se classer, se situer, figurer

3.
v. tr. - tremper (du lin, du chanvre) dans l'eau pour le ramollir

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Tempo, Rate, Kurs, Tarif
v. - einschätzen, rechnen, veranlagen

idioms:

• at a rate of knots    (ugs) sehr schnell
• at any rate    auf jeden Fall, zumindest
• at that rate    so
• at this rate    so

2.
v. - bewertet werden, rangieren

3.
v. - durchnÄssen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναλογία, ποσοστό, ανάλογο ποσό, ανάλογος αριθμός, ρυθμός, κατηγορία, τάξη, βαθμός, (μτφ.) ποιότητα, σχετική ταχύτητα, (οικον.) επιτόκιο, τόκος, τέλος, (δημοτικός) φόρος, (πληθ.) (Βρετ.) δημοτικά τέλη
v. - εκτιμώ, ταξινομώ, υπολογίζω, θεωρώ/-ούμαι, φορολογώ, (ναυτ.) ταξινομώ

idioms:

• at any rate    οπωσδήποτε, εν πάση περιπτώσει, τουλάχιστο
• at that rate    με αυτό το ρυθμό, αν πάει έτσι
• at this rate    με αυτό το ρυθμό, αν πάει έτσι
• rate cap    ανώτατο όριο στα έσοδα από δημοτικά τέλη, (ΗΠΑ) ανώτατο όριο επιτοκίων δανεισμού
• rate of knots    μεγάλη ταχύτητα

Italiano (Italian)
stimare, tasso, aliquota, velocitý, ritmo, corso, quote, tariffa

idioms:

• at any rate    in ogni caso
• at this/that rate    di questo passo, a questo ritmo
• rate cap    limite massimo
• rate of knots    velocitý di ... nodi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - taxa (f), ritmo (m), padrão (m)
v. - estimar

idioms:

• at any rate    de qualquer maneira
• at this/that rate    desta ou daquela maneira
• rate cap    encargo (m)
• rate of knots    mover-se (viajar) depressa

Русский (Russian)
норма, размер, ставка, курс, скорость, оценивать, классифицировать, муниципальный налог

idioms:

• at any rate    во всяком случае
• at this/that rate    при таких темпах, в таком случае
• rate cap    устанавливать потолок для местных налогов
• rate of knots    очень быстро

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - contribución municipal, impuesto municipal, proporción, relación, razón, índice, porcentaje, velocidad, ritmo, tasa, cotización, tarifa, precio, medida, cantidad, frecuencia
v. tr. - estimar, tasar, valorar, clasificar
v. intr. - regañar, reprender con cólera

idioms:

• at a rate of knots    velocidad en nudos, a una velocidad en nudos
• at any rate    de todos modos, en todo caso
• at that rate    de ese modo
• at this rate    de este modo

2.
v. tr. - considerar como, contar entre, ajustar, imponer un arbitrio
v. intr. - posicionarse, clasificar, rankear, valer, ser considerado

3.
v. tr. - empapar algo en agua para ablandarlo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - takt, taxa, pris
v. - värdera, klassa, räkna (till)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 比例, 率, 速度, 速率, 比率, 费用, 价格, 对...估价, 认为, 对...评价, 列为, 被评价, 被列入等级, 受欢迎, 受推崇

idioms:

• at any rate    无论如何, 至少
• at that rate    那样的话
• at this rate    这样地话, 这样地
• rate cap    对...实行税率或利率限制
• rate of knots    极快, 迅速地

2. 责骂, 怒斥

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 比例, 率, 速度, 速率, 比率, 費用, 價格
v. tr. - 對...估價, 認為, 對...評價, 列為
v. intr. - 被評價, 被列入等級, 受歡迎, 受推崇

idioms:

• at any rate    無論如何, 至少
• at that rate    那樣的話
• at this rate    這樣地話, 這樣地
• rate cap    對...實行稅率或利率限制
• rate of knots    極快, 迅速地

2.
v. tr. - 責罵, 怒斥
v. intr. - 責罵, 怒斥

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 요금, 시세, 비율
v. tr. - 평가하다, ~으로 알다, 지방세를 과하다
v. intr. - ~를 엄히 꾸짖다

idioms:

• at any rate    하여튼, 어떻게 되었든
• at that rate    그렇다면, 그렇게
• at this rate    이런 형편으로는, 이렇게

2.
v. tr. - 나무라다, 욕하다, 꾸짖다
v. intr. - 나무라다, 욕하다

3.
v. tr. - 적시다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 割合, 歩合, 速度, 等級, 料金, 値段, 相場, 地方税, 度合い
v. - 評価する, みなす, 査定する, 値する

idioms:

• at any rate    とにかく, いずれにしても, 少なくとも
• at this/that rate    この調子では
• lending rate    貸出し利子
• rate cap    レートキャップ
• rate of exchange    為替相場
• rate of knots    とても速く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) درجه, سعر, مستوى (فعل) يصنف, يسعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיעור, תעריף, מחיר, סוג, ארנונה, מס, קצב, מהירות‬
v. tr. - ‮אמד, קבע שומה, העריך, החשיב, כלל, נזף‬
v. intr. - ‮הוערך כ-, נאמד ב-, נחשב על‬
v. tr. - ‮נזף, גער, הוכיח, ביקר בחומרה‬
v. intr. - ‮ננזף, בוקר באופן קשה‬
v. tr. - ‮השרה (פשתן או קנבוס) במים כדי לרככם‬

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