rate
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The worth of something; value.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)Speed.
The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
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(countable, uncountable)The relative speed of change or progress.
The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
Postal rates here are low.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)(nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
This textbook is first-rate.
- 10.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
- 11.
(obsolete, uncountable)Order; arrangement.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Ratification; approval.
c. 1610s, George Chapman, Caesar and Pompey Tis offerd, Sir, 'boue the rate of Caesar In other men, but in what I approue Beneath his merits: which I will not faile T'enforce at full to Pompey, nor forget In any time the gratitude of my seruice.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
She is rated fourth in the country.
- 2.
(transitive)To evaluate or estimate the value of.
They rate his talents highly.
To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.
Đồng nghĩa: appraise, evaluate, worthen, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, esteem, evaluate, judge, price, prize, rate, valuate, value, weigh, worthen
- 3.
(transitive)To consider or regard.
He rated this book brilliant.
Đồng nghĩa: esteem, regard, respect, esteem, honor, idolize, lay store by, look up to, prize, hallow, put store by, put store in, rate, regard, respect, revere, set store by, value, venerate, worthy
- 4.
(transitive)To deserve; to be worth.
The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.
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(transitive)To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
- 6.
(British, transitive)(transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- 7.
(informal, transitive)To like; to think highly of.
The customers don't rate the new burgers.
- 8.
(transitive)(transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- 9.
(intransitive)To have position (in a certain class).
She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
Đồng nghĩa: rank
- 10.
(intransitive)To have value or standing.
This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
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(transitive)To ratify.
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(transitive)To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
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ine-pro From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (according to a fixed part), from ratus (fixed), from rērī.