Rate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Rate, v. t. & i. [Perh. fr. E. rate, v. t., to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel. hrat refuse, hrati rubbish.].

 To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
"Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!"  [1913 Webster]
"Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it."  [1913 Webster]

Rate, n. [OF., fr. L. rata (sc. pars), fr. ratus reckoned, fixed by calculation, p. p. of reri to reckon, to calculate. Cf. Reason.].

•  Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.  [1913 Webster]

  "The one right feeble through the evil rate
  Of food which in her duress she had found."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was different from what it is nowadays."  [1913 Webster]

  "In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . . merciful."  [1913 Webster]

  "Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough."  [1913 Webster]
•  Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.  [1913 Webster]

  "They come at dear rates from Japan."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Order; arrangement.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thus sat they all around in seemly rate."  [1913 Webster]
•  Ratification; approval.  Chapman.  [1913 Webster]
•  The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Rate, v. t. 

•  To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.  [1913 Webster]

  "To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible."  [1913 Webster]

  "You seem not high enough your joys to rate."  [1913 Webster]
•  To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To ratify.  [1913 Webster]

To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation dependent thereon.

Syn. -- To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.

Rate, v. i. 

•  To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make an estimate.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rate, n. & v.
--n.
1 a stated numerical proportion between two sets of things (the second usu. expressed as unity), esp. as a measure of amount or degree (moving at a rate of 50 miles per hour) or as the basis of calculating an amount or value (rate of taxation).
2 a fixed or appropriate charge or cost or value; a measure of this (postal rates; the rate for the job).
3 rapidity of movement or change (travelling at a great rate; prices increasing at a dreadful rate).
4 class or rank (first-rate).
5 Brit. a an assessment levied by local authorities at so much per pound of the assessed value of buildings and land owned or leased. b (in pl.) the amount payable by this.
--v.
1 tr. a estimate the worth or value of (I do not rate him very highly). b assign a fixed value to (a coin or metal) in relation to a monetary standard. c assign a value to (work, the power of a machine, etc.).
2 tr. consider; regard as (I rate them among my benefactors).
3 intr. (foll. by as) rank or be rated.
4 tr. Brit. a subject to the payment of a local rate. b value for the purpose of assessing rates.
5 tr. be worthy of, deserve.
6 tr. Naut. place in a specified class (cf. RATING(1)).

Idiom

at any rate in any case, whatever happens. at this (or that) rate if this example is typical or this assumption is true. rate-capping Brit. the imposition of an upper limit on the rate leviable by a local authority.

Rate, v.tr. scold angrily.

Rate, var. of RET.

THESAURUS

Rate

VAT, abuse, account, ad valorem duty, admonish, alcohol tax, alphabetize, amount, amusement tax, analyze, antecede, anyhow, anyway, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arithmetical proportion, arrange, assay, assess, assessment on default, assort, at all events, at any rate, bank rate, bark at, bawl out, be deserving, be entitled to, be regarded, be thought of, be worthy of, berate, betongue, blacken, break down, bring to book, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, call to account, capital gains tax, capitation, capitation tax, career, caste, catalog, categorize, censure, charge, chastise, check a parameter, chew out, chide, class, classification, classify, clip, codify, come before, come first, compensatory interest, compound interest, compute, condition, continued fraction, conversion factor, corporation tax, correct, cost, count, customs, customs duty, damage, death duty, death tax, decrease, deserve, dial, digest, discount rate, divide, doomage, dress down, duty, earn, echelon, estate duty, estate tax, estimate, evaluate, evaluation, excess profits tax, excise, excise tax, execrate, exorbitant interest, expenditure, expense, export tax, face, face value, fair-trade, fathom, federal tax, fee, figure, file, fix, footing, form an estimate, fraction, front, fulminate against, gabelle, gait, gauge, geometric ratio, gift tax, give an appreciation, go ahead of, go before, go in advance, grade, graduate, gross interest, group, guess, harmonic proportion, have priority, have words with, head, head tax, head the table, head up, hierarchy, import tax, improper fraction, in any case, in any event, income tax, increase, index, inheritance tax, interest, interest rate, internal revenue tax, jaw, judge, kick off, kind, land tax, lead, lead off, lecture, lick, liquor tax, list, load with reproaches, local tax, lucrative interest, luxury tax, make an estimation, mark, market value, measure, mensurate, merit, mete, meter, mortgage points, net interest, net worth, notwithstanding, nuisance tax, number, objurgate, order, outrank, pace, par value, parcel, penal interest, pennyworth, percent, percentage, personal property tax, pigeonhole, place, plumb, poll, poll tax, position, power structure, precede, precedence, premium, price, price of money, price tag, prize, probe, progress, property tax, property-increment tax, proportion, protective tariff, provincial tax, quantify, quantize, quota, quote a price, quotum, rag, rail, rail at, range, rank, rate of interest, rates, rating, ratio, rave against, rebuke, reckon, reduce, regardless, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revenue tariff, revile, rule of three, sales tax, salt tax, scale, school tax, scold, score, set at, set down, set straight, severance tax, simple interest, size, size up, sort, sound, span, spank, specific duty, speed, sphere, stage, stand first, standing, state tax, station, status, step, straighten out, stride, subdivide, survey, tab, tabulate, take a reading, take down, take precedence, take to task, tariff, tariff duty, telephone tax, thunder against, toll, tongue-lash, travel, tread, triangulate, type, upbraid, use tax, usher in, usury, valorize, valuate, valuation, value, value added tax, value received, velocity, vilify, vituperate, weigh, window tax, worth, yell at, yelp at

ROGET THESAURUS

Rate

Degree

N degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.

Value

N worth, rate, value, intrinsic value, quality, par value, valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement, price current, market price, quotation, fair price, going price, what it will fetch, what the market will bear, money's worth, penny's worth, worth, cost (price), valuable, estimable, worthwhile, worthy, full of worth, precious (expensive), worth the price, worth a king's ransom, accountants who know the price of everything and t.

Motion

N motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

Disapprobation

VB disapprove, dislike, lament, object to, take exception to, be scandalized at, think ill of, view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes, nil admirari, disvalue, improbate, frown upon, look grave, bend the brows, knit the brows, shake the head at, shrug the shoulders, turn up the nose, look askance, look black upon, look with an evil eye, make a wry face, make a wry mouth at, set one's face against, dispraise, discommend, disparage, deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of, condemn, blame, lay blame upon, cast blame upon, censure, fronder, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn, remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate, reprehend, chide, admonish, berate, betongue, bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order, take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book, read a lesson, read a lecture to, rebuke, correct, reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul, give it one, give it one finely, gibbet, accuse, impeach, denounce, hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration, expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize, show up, pull up, take up, cry 'shame' upon, be outspoken, raise a hue and cry against, execrate, exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate, abuse, abuse like a pickpocket, scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of, jaw, rail, rail at, rail in good set terms, bark at, anathematize, call names, call by hard names, call by ugly names, avile, revile, vilify, vilipend, bespatter, backbite, clapperclaw, rave against, thunder against, fulminate against, load with reproaches, exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against, decry, cry down, run down, frown down, clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist, draw up a round robin, sign a round robin, animadvert upon, reflect upon, glance at, cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon, insinuate, damn with faint praise, hint a fault and hesitate dislike, not to be able to say much for, scoff at, point at, twit, taunt, sneer at, satirize, lampoon, defame, depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, take exception, cavil, peck at, nibble at, carp at, be censorious, pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat, make a fuss about, take down, take down a peg, set down, snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles, throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden, have a fling, have a snap at, have words with, pluck a crow with, give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue, incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt, get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, take blame, stand corrected, have to answer for.

Measurement

VB measure, mete, determine, assay, evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on, appreciate, standardize, span, pace step, apply the compass, gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom, heave the log, heave the lead, survey, weigh, take an average, graduate.

Judgment

VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.