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rate1 / rāt/ • n. 1. a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure: the crime rate rose by 26 percent. ∎ the speed with which something moves, happens, or changes: your heart rate. 2. a fixed price paid or charged for something, esp. goods or services: the basic rate of pay advertising rates. ∎ the amount of a charge or payment expressed as a percentage of some other amount, or as a basis of calculation: you'll find our current interest rate very competitive. ∎ (usu. rates) (in the UK) a tax on land and buildings paid to the local authority by a business, and formerly also by occupants of private property. • v. 1. [tr.] assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale: they were asked to rate their ability at different driving maneuvers| [tr.] the hotel, rated four star, had no hot water and no sink plugs. ∎ [tr.] 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. ∎ Brit. assess the value of (a property) for the purpose of levying a local tax. 2. [tr.] consider to be of a certain quality, standard, or rank: he rates the company's stock a “buy.” | [tr.] the program has been rated a great success. ∎ [intr.] be regarded in a specified way: Jeff still rates as one of the nicest people I have ever met. ∎ [tr.] be worthy of; merit: the ambassador rated a bulletproof car and a police escort. PHRASES: at any rate whatever happens or may have happened: for the moment, at any rate, he was safe. ∎ used to indicate that one is correcting or clarifying a previous statement or emphasizing a following one: the story, or at any rate, a public version of it, was known and remembered. at this (or that) rate used to introduce the prediction of a particular unwelcome eventuality should things continue as they are or if a certain assumption is true: at this rate, I won't have a job to go back to. rate2 • v. [tr.] archaic scold (someone) angrily: he rated the young man soundly for his want of respect. |
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"rate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rate.html "rate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rate.html |
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1. The six divisions into which warships of almost all sailing navies were grouped according to the number of guns carried. The system was introduced in Britain by Anson during his first term as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1751 and 1756, but some naval writers have antedated it for the sake of convenience in describing earlier warships. For example, HMS Resolution, launched in 1610, is frequently described as a first rate of 80 guns, meaning that she was one of the largest ships of her time in the British Navy and could therefore be considered a first rate. Later, first-rate ships were those that carried from 100 or 110 guns upwards, the change from 100 to 110 coming in 1810. Second rates carried from 84 (later 90) to 100 (110); third rates 70 (80); fourth rates 50 (60) to 79 (80); fifth rates 32 to 50 (60); and sixth rates, any number of guns up to 32 if commanded by a post-captain. Such ships when commanded by a commander were rated as sloops. Only ships of the first three rates were considered to be sufficiently powerful to be in the line of battle in actions between main fleets. Ships of the fifth and sixth rates were generally known as frigates; fourth-rate ships, of which very few were built, did not lie in the line of battle, except occasionally in the smaller fleets. It was not until 1817 that carronades, first introduced into the Royal Navy in 1779, were included in the number of guns which decided the rating of a ship. 2. The rate, or rating, used to describe a seaman in a warship, but more accurately the status of seamen, corresponding to rank with officers. Men hold rates according to their abilities, the normal chain of lower-deck promotion in the British Navy being ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer, chief petty officer, with similar steps in most other navies. |
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"rate." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rate." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-rate.html "rate." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-rate.html |
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A. †estimated quantity or worth XV; †price XVI; B. quantity in relation to another, value of one thing in respect of that of another XV; fixed relative charge XVI; degree of speed XVII; relative amount of variation XIX; C. †standard, measure XV; class (as of ships) XVII. — OF. — medL. rata (evolved from phr. pro ratā, short for pro ratā parte or portiōne according to an estimated or fixed part, proportionally), fem. of ratus fixed (see RATIFY). Hence rate vb. †fix the amount of, allot XV; estimate, reckon, assess XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "rate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "rate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rate.html T. F. HOAD. "rate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rate.html |
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1. of a code. For any (n, k) block code or convolutional code, the value defined as R = k/n It is a measure of “efficiency” in the sense that the more redundancy there is in the code, the lower the rate. On the other hand, high redundancy may bring about greater efficiency in detecting or correcting errors. Thus the rate measures only one aspect of the overall efficiency. 2. See data transfer rate. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "rate." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "rate." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-rate.html JOHN DAINTITH. "rate." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-rate.html |
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RATEValue, 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. |
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"Rate." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rate." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703648.html "Rate." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703648.html |
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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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"rate." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rate." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-rate.html "rate." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-rate.html |
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rate2 chide angrily. XIV.
Also †arate, of which rate may be an aphetic form; perh. to be referred to OF. (a)reter accuse, blame:- L. reputāre REPUTE. |
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T. F. HOAD. "rate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "rate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rate1.html T. F. HOAD. "rate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rate1.html |
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"rate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rate.html "rate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rate.html |
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