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Rate

noun

A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit. "The rate of change was faster than expected"

Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis. Synonym: charge per unit.

The relative speed of progress or change. Synonym: pace. "He works at a great rate" , "The pace of events accelerated"

A quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure. "The retention rate" , "The dropout rate"

verb

(past & past part. rated; pres. part. rating)

Assign a rank or rating to. Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rank. "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

Be worthy of or have a certain rating.

Estimate the value of. Synonym: value. "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"

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... these tendencies have had their effect upon the production and distribution of juvenile books, and have added to the librarian's task the necessity not only of fighting against the worst reading, but against the third rate lest ...

— Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine

... back, and away he went from his house at a fine rate. And this time, too, she was not long on the way. When they got near the North Wind's house he was so wild and cross that cold puffs ...

— East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon • Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen

... that he laughed loud and long, did Goodman Brown grasp his staff and set forth again, at such a rate that he seemed to fly along the forest path rather than to walk or run. The road grew wilder and drearier and more faintly traced, and vanished at length, leaving him in the heart of the dark wilderness, still rushing onward with the instinct that guides mortal man to evil. The whole forest ...

— Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... of the deed I spoke of," said Sir Oswald, without noticing his nephew's appealing tones. "That deed will secure to you two hundred a year. You have a soldier's career before you, and you are young enough to redeem the past—at any rate, in the eyes of the world, if not before the sight of heaven. If you find your regiment too expensive for your altered means, I would recommend you to exchange into the line. And now, Mr. Eversleigh, I wish you ...

— Run to Earth - A Novel • M. E. Braddon

... at any rate—and a cry escaped her, telling more of sorrow than of joy, though betraying both. She penetrated the trees, and burst into tears as one in the dress of a farm laborer caught her in his arms. In spite of his smock-frock ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

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