ratable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: rat=a=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

ratable, a. 

•  Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.  [1913 Webster]

  "Twenty oræ were ratable to [at] two marks of silver."  [1913 Webster]
•  Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.  [1913 Webster]
•  Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.  [1913 Webster]

ratable, n. 

 a structure which may be rated, or set at a certain value, for the purpose of taxation, usually based on the value; as, with the deterioration of the center cities, the loss of ratables worsened the situation by removing valuable sources of tax revenue.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ratable, var. of RATEABLE.

THESAURUS

ratable

assessable, assessment, cess, chargeable, conscience money, contribution, direct tax, dutiable, duty, graduated taxation, imposition, impost, indirect tax, joint return, leviable, levy, progressive tax, separate returns, single tax, supertax, surtax, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable, taxable income, taxation, tithable, tithe, toll, tribute, withholding tax