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[noun] the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
[noun] amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
[noun] a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
[verb] assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
[verb] be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
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\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. --Spencer. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! --Shak. Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. --Barrow.
\Rate\, n. [OF., fr. L. rata (sc. pars), fr. ratus reckoned, fixed by calculation, p. p. of reri to reckon, to calculate. Cf. {Reason}.] 1. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance. The one right feeble through the evil rate, Of food which in her duress she had found. --Spenser. 2. 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. Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was different from what it is nowadays. --South. In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . . merciful. --Calamy. Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough. --Clarendon. 3. Variation; prise fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation. They come at dear rates from Japan. --Locke. 4. 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. 5. Order; arrangement. [Obs.] Thus sat they all around in seemly rate. --Spenser. 6. Ratification; approval. [R.] --Chapman. 7. (Horol.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc. 8. (Naut.)
(a) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
(b) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
\Rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rating}.] 1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree. To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South. You seem not high enough your joys to rate. --Dryden. 2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. 3. 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. 4. To ratify. [Obs.] ``To rate the truce.'' --Chapman. {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 depended thereon. Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
\Rate\, v. i. 1. To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line. 2. To make an estimate.

Synonyms for rate

charge per unit, deserve, grade, merit, order, pace, place, range, rank, value

See also: be | bits per second | crime rate | cycles/second | death rate | deliberateness | freight rate | frequency | growth rate | linage | megacycle | megacycle per second | morbidity | mph | pace | payment rate | quantitative relation | rate of acceleration | rate of pay | rate of payment | respiratory rate | sampling rate | temporal property | words per minute | wpm |

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Let's analyse "rate" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAR. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: rate: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: rate: 9 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 17, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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