Definition of rate in English English dictionary
- To consider or regard
He rated this book brilliant.
- 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.
- The relative speed of change or progress
The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
- To berate, scold
The successful monk, on the morrow morning, hastens home to Ely The successful monk, arriving at Ely, is rated for a goose and an owl; is ordered back to say that Elmset was the place meant.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority
I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
- To have position (in a certain class)
He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
- To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level
She is rated fourth in the country.
- The estimated worth of something; value
There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc
Postal rates here are low.
- Speed
The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
- (chiefly ) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost
He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
- A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank
This textbook is first rate.
- To have value or standing
This last performance of her's didn't rate very high with the judges.
- To deserve; to be worth
Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.
- To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device
The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
- To evaluate or estimate the value of
They rate his talents highly.
- To like; to think highly of
The customers don't rate the new burgers.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" 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" assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly
- The rate at which something happens is the number of times it happens over a period of time. New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week His heart rate was 30 beats per minute slower
- A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp
- The pricing factor that the insurance company bases their insurance buyer's premium
- To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently
- The pricing factor upon which the insurance buyer's premium is based
- be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
- To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree
- be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly
- If you rate someone or something as good or bad, you consider them to be good or bad. You can also say that someone or something rates as good or bad. Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible Most rated it a hit We rate him as one of the best She rated the course highly Reading books does not rate highly among Britons as a leisure activity. the most highly rated player in English football
- To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line
- (1) The amount charged by a communications medium to an advertiser based on per unit of space or time purchased The rate may vary from national to local campaigns, or may be a fixed rate (2) To estimate a particular mediaÃs audience size based on a research sample
- The price for $100 or $1,000 of insurance, usually for one year, expressed in dollars and cents Alternatively, the rate is the premium for a specified amount of insurance, for a specified time
- You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise. She modestly suggests that `sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'
- This is the cost of a unit of insurance (usually $1,000 worth) Insurance is based on the history of loss experience for similar risks What a driver pays for auto insurance is based in part on past experience by that company with drivers of the same age, sex, marital status, driving record and similar make and model of car
- The rate of taxation or interest is the amount of tax or interest that needs to be paid. It is expressed as a percentage of the amount that is earned, gained as profit, or borrowed. The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts
- assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
- To ratify
- A price or fee determined in relation to a particular scale or standard
- 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
- The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc
- To berate
- {f} assess, appraise, determine value; grade, classify, sort
- If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing. At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine. To express reproof. discount rate bank rate exchange rate reaction rate
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
- The annual rate of interest on a loan, expressed as a percentage of 100
- An amount measured in relation to another amount
- If you rate someone or something, you think that they are good. It's flattering to know that other clubs have shown interest and seem to rate me
- The speed or frequency of occurrence of an event, usually expressed with respect to time or some other known standard (CMD 1997) Death rate or mortality rate is the number of deaths in a specified population, usually expressed per 100 000 population, over a given period, usually 1 year Morbidity rate is the number of cases per year of certain diseases in relation to the population in which they occur Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per year of live-born infants less than 1 year of age divided by the number of live births in the same year Peak expiratory flow rate is the maximum rate of exhalation during forced expiration, measured in litres per second or litres per minute
- The job openings rate is computed by dividing the number of job openings by the sum of employment and job openings and multiplying that quotient by 100 All other data element rates (hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations) are computed by dividing the data element level by employment and multiplying that quotient by 100
- The pricing criteria upon which an insurance premium is based, it is the cost of a given unit of insurance Registered keeper - The person who looks after a vehicle, not always the owner For example, you may use a car that is owned by someone else in which case you would be the registered keeper
- Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation
- The cost of a given unit of insurance For example, in Ordinary Life Insurance, it is the price of $1,000 of the face amount In Disability Income Insurance, it is usually the price per $10 or per $100 of monthly benefits In Property Insurance, it is the rate per $100 of value to be insured The premium, then, is the rate multiplied by the number of units of insurance purchased (G)
- The percentage or factor applied to the ceding company's subject premium to produce the reinsurance premium or the percent applied to the reinsurer's premium to produce the commission
- The charge per $1 of coverage that makes up the premium charged for the policy The rate is determined by factors other than the limit of coverage The rate is then multiplied by the limit of coverage to determine the premium Selecting a higher deductible will result in a lower rate per $1 of coverage An occupied structure has a lower rate for Vandalism coverage than a Vacant structure A brick building has a lower rate than a wood building The rates we use must be approved in advance by the MN Department of Commerce The rates used by the FAIR Plan are based on the advice of ISO, our overall claims experience, and the rates charged by Private Insurers Rate changes are announced a minimum of 60 days before they take effect The Rate Tables show the rates approved by the MN Department of Commerce, and currently in use by the FAIR Plan Go to: Documents (links to Rate Tables)
- In lending, the amount of interest on the loan expressed as an interest rate or annual percentage rate (APR) of the principal
- the annual rate of interest on a loan, expressed as a percentage of 100 - this is usually the most accurate measure of a mortgage's annual cost to you rate cap a limit on how much the interest rate can change or reach, either for a specific period or over the life of the loan reconnection fee charged by a utility company for connecting a service, usually after it has been cut off due to non payment redemption the joyous moment when you pay off the mortgage refinancing the process of paying off one loan with the proceeds from a new loan using the same property as security
- A rate is the amount of money that is charged for goods or services. Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p at all other times. specially reduced rates for travellers using Gatwick Airport see also exchange rate
- To make an estimate
- A score derived by dividing the number of cases that meet a criterion for quality (the numerator) by the number of eligible cases within a given time frame (the denominator) where the numerator cases are a subset of the denominator cases (e g , percentage of eligible women with a mammogram performed in the last year)
- The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc
- The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow The world's tropical forests are disappearing at an even faster rate than experts had thought
- as, first rate, second rate, etc
- Wages calculated in relation to a unit of time
- If someone or something is rated at a particular position or rank, they are calculated or considered to be in that position on a list. He is generally rated Italy's No. 3 industrialist He came here rated 100th on the tennis computer
- Order; arrangement
- Established portion or measure; fixed allowance
- To assess for the payment of a rate or tax
- The percentage of an amount of money which is paid for its use for a specified time; usually expressed as an annual percentage
- The price of insurance per unit of exposure Each classification has a different rate depending on the probability of loss for that class
- The annual percent charged on the principal
- If you say that someone or something rates a particular reaction, you mean that this is the reaction you consider to be appropriate. This is so extraordinary, it rates a medal and a phone call from the President = merit see also rating
- rate of climb
- The rate at which an aircraft gains altitude. A negative rate of climb implies descent
- rate of climb indicator
- An instrument installed in an aircraft that indicates the rate at which the aircraft is gaining or losing altitude
- rate tart
- A person who signs up for a credit card that has a special introductory offer, such as low or zero interest for a certain period, uses the card for the duration of the offer, then cancels the card and switches to another with a similar offer, and so on
- rate-of-climb indicator
- an aircraft instrument that provides an indication of the vertical change in position
- rate of return
- (Finans) The amount of profit that a company makes, expressed as a percentage of the amount they originally invested
- rate of return pricing
- (Finans) Target rate of return pricing is a pricing method used almost exclusively by market leaders or monopolists. You start with a rate of return objective, like 5% of invested capital, or 10% of sales revenue. Then you arrange your price structure so as to achieve these target rates of return
- rate cap
- A limit on how much the interest rate can change, either at each adjustment period or over the life of the loan
- rate cap
- Protective device in some ARMs that sets a maximum amount that interest rates may rise or decrease annually and over the life of the loan
- rate cap
- (mortgage term) Protective device in some ARMS that sets a maximum amount that interest rates may rise or decrease annually and over the life of the loan
- rate cap
- The limit on the amount that the interest rate on an ARM can increase or decrease during any one adjustment period
- rate cap
- The limit on the amount the interest rate can be increased at each adjustment period in an adjustable-rate loan The cap may also set the maximum interest rate that can be charged during the life of the loan
- rate cap
- See: cap
- rate cap
- A limit of how much an interest rate can change in a variable of adjustable rate mortgage either in a given period or over the life of the loan
- rate cap
- A limit on how much the interest rate can change, either at each adjustment period or over the life of the loan on Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs)
- rate cap
- Protective device in some ARM's that sets a maximum amount that interest rates may rise or decrease annually and over the life of the loan
- rate cap
- The maximum amount of interest that can be charged on an ARM loan; expressed as either per period or lifetime, or both
- rate cap
- This is the maximum amount that the interest rate can increase or decrease during the full term of the loan, usually associated with adjustable rate mortgages
- rate cap
- The limit on the amount the interest rate can be increased at each adjustment period in an adjustable rate loan The cap may also set the maximum interest rate that can be charged during the life of the loan (See adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs))
- rate fluctuations
- price changes, changes in value, changes in the index
- rate limit
- rate restriction, instruction to buy or sell securities only within a set range of prices; restrictions on price ranges
- rate limit
- To avoid DoS attacks, some facilities have upper limits on how often they can trigger Most trite example is logging
- rate of advance
- extent of approach to a target, degree of improvement and bringing to perfection
- rate of depreciation
- the rate at which the value of property is reduced; used to calculate tax deduction
- rate of exchange
- A rate of exchange is the same as an exchange rate. four thousand dinars -- about four hundred dollars at the official rate of exchange. = exchange rate. The ratio at which the unit of currency of one country is or may be exchanged for the unit of currency of another country. the exchange rate
- rate of exchange
- The value of one country's currency in terms of another
- rate of exchange
- the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another
- rate of exchange
- See: Exchange Rate
- rate of exchange
- relational value of different coins in the world
- rate of exchange schedule
- table which presents exchange rates for foreign currency transactions
- rate of fire
- number of bullets that a weapon can fire during a given time period (usually per minute)
- rate of flow
- The quantity of water flowing past a design- ated point within a specified time, such as the number of gallons flowing past a point in 1 minute - abbreviated as gpm
- rate of flow
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- rate of flow
- the quantity of water flowing past a designated point within a specified time, such as the number of gallons flowing past a point in 1 minute - abbreviated as gpm Reagents: the chemical agents, dyes, indicators or titrants used in testing various aspects of water quality Residual bromine: the amount of measurable bromine remaining after treating the water with bromine The amount of chlorine left in the pool or spa water after the chlorine demand has been satisfied Residual chlorine: the amount of measurable chlorine remaining after treating the water with chlorine The amount of chlorine left in the pool or spa after the chlorine demand has been satisfied
- rate of flow
- The volume of product per unit time passing through a fixed point in the pipeline, usually expressed in barrels per hour or gallons per minute
- rate of flow
- The volume or units of a material passing a given point in a system per unit of time
- rate of flow
- The volume of water flow within a period of time As gallons per minute(gpm)
- rate of interest
- interest rate, amount of money paid for the use of money
- rate of interest schedule
- table which presents the interest rates for bank deposits
- rate of return
- Return on invested capital (calculated as a percentage) Often an investor has, as one of their investment criteria, a minimum acceptable rate of return on an acquisition
- rate of return
- Calculated as the (value nowminus value at time of purchase) divided by value at time of purchase For equities, we often include dividends with the value now See also: Return, annual rate of return
- rate of return
- The return earned or allowed to be earned by a utility enterprise, calculated as a percentage of its fair value or rate base
- rate of return
- The Rate of Return is the gain or loss generated from an investment over a specified period of time It is also referred to as total return, and it includes the change in the value of a security plus all Interest, Dividends and capital gains distributions generated by holding that security
- rate of return
- The return on an investment
- rate of return
- The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment. High rates of return can be earned on these investments. a company's profit for a year, expressed as a percentage of the money that the company has spent during the year
- rate of return
- {i} ratio of money earned or lost on an investment in proportional relation to the sum of money invested (expressed as a percentage of the total sum invested)
- rate of return
- For stocks, the annual dividend divided by the purchase price For bonds, the rate of return is the Current Yield
- rate of return
- Calculated as the (value now minus value at time of purchase) divided by value at time of purchase For equities, we often include dividends with the value now See also: Return, annual rate of return
- rate of return
- Rate of return is simply how much you earn from an investment over time Rate of return includes interest payments or dividend payments as well as the difference between an investment's starting price and its ending price Rates of return are typically calculated as a percentage, which is the growth in value of an investment over a time period compared to its starting value An investment does not need to be purchased or sold to make this calculation The market price is used to measure a rate of return
- rate of return
- An investors total return on a particular investment and/or investment portfolio This is stated in a percentage and reflects the gain/loss (or dollars earned/lost) over a given period of time In calculating returns, investors should deduct any management fees or other charges they are paying
- rate of return
- Percentage appreciation in market value for an investment security or security portfolio
- rate of return
- Percent change in stock prices over a specified time period All of the major calculations in TaraFolioTM are based on perchange changes in stock prices This is the only way to consistently compare returns among different securities That is, a $10 return on a $100 investment would be equivalent to a dollar return on a $10 investment Real returns are important as opposed to nominal returns
- rate of return
- The payments to the owner of a security plus the change in the security's value, expressed as a fraction of its purchase price; also called return 59
- rate of return
- The average annual benefits from an investment divided by the net present value of all costs associated with the investment Average annual benefits are calculated as the net present value of all benefits divided by the useful life of the investment
- rate of return
- The annual return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the total amount invested
- rate of return
- How much money you get back for your investment For stocks, it's the annual dividends divided by the purchase price For bonds, it's the actual amount of interest earned
- rate of return
- Calculated as the (value now minus value when you purchased) divided by the value when you purchased For equities, we often include dividends with the value now See also: return, annual rate of return
- rate of return
- The price paid to lenders and investors for the use of their money
- rate of return
- Also called the internal rate of return, the interest rate will make the present value of the cash flows from all the sub-periods in the evaluation period plus the terminal market value of the portfolio equal to the initial market value of the portfolio
- rate of return
- In stocks and bonds, the amount of money returned to investors on their investments Also known as yield
- rate of return
- The profitability of an investment expressed as a percentage of the amount invested
- rate of return
- the amount of profit, interest or dividend received from an investment, expressed as a percentage
- rate of return
- an amount of income (loss) and /or change in value realized or anticipated on an investment, expressed as a percentage of that investment
- rate of return
- The annualized return on a fixed income investment is a combination of the percentage change in the price of the security and the coupon interest earned over the same period If a security is held to maturity its rate of return will equal the yield to maturity This may be amortized yield to maturity on a bond or the current income return
- rate of return
- The rate at which an investor recaptures his investment in income - producing property
- rate of return
- the return on an asset stated as a percentage of the price of the asset (chapter 16)
- rate variance
- (Ticaret) The difference between the planned and actual output or production rates for a given period
- rate-based scheduling
- (Ticaret) The creation of a production schedule based on the capacity or usage rate for a specified shift, date, week or other timeframe and not by individual order or item
- rate-cap
- In Britain, when a local council was rate-capped, the government prevented it from increasing local taxes called rates, in order to force the council to reduce its spending or make it more efficient. Notts County Council is to cut 200 jobs in a bid to escape being rate-capped. + rate-capping rate-capping The project is seriously threatened by rate-capping
- rate-cap
- A rate cap is a limit placed by the government on the amount of interest that banks or credit card companies can charge their customers
- rack rate
- The published, full price for a room in a hotel that has not been pre-booked
- rack rate
- The standard rate for a room in a hotel; also known as the walk-in rate
- rack rate
- {i} run of the house, full price that a hotel charges for a room prior to giving any discount
- rack rate
- The price a hotel charges for a room before any discount has been taken into account The published rate for a room, sometimes set artificially high and used to calculate a variety of discounts See also run of the house, walk-up rate
- range rate
- The rate of change between the satellite and receiver The range to a satellite changes due to satellite and observer motions Range rate is determined by measuring the doppler shift of the satellite beacon carrier
- range rate
- Rage rate within the application is calculated using the following formula:
Rdot = (Tspd * cos (Tcrse - brg) - Ospd * cos(Ocrse - brg) /*60 Rdot = Range Rate (yds/min) Tspd, Tcrse = Target course and speed (degs & yps) Ospd, Ocrse = Ownship course and speed (degs & yps) brg = Bearing to target from ownship (degs)
- range rate
- Change in range per unit time In the case of a Rover traverse, if the driver is moving in a straight line away from the last Rover Nav initialization point, then the range rate is identical to the average speed If, however, the driver has been making turns to avoid craters, then the range rate will be lower than the average speed
- range rate
- The rate of change of range between the satellite and receiver The range to a satellite changes due to satellite and observer motions Range rate is determined by measuring the Doppler shift of the satellite beacon carrier
- range rate
- The rate at which a radar target is changing its range with respect to the radar (in feet per second for example) Note that this rate is not the same as target velocity unless the target is moving straight toward or straight away from the radar
- Lombard rate
- An interest rate charged by a central bank for very short term loans to other banks against an approved collateral
- adiabatic lapse rate
- The rate of decrease of temperature with height of a parcel of dry air lifted upward through the atmosphere with no addition or deletion of heat
- age standardized rate
- The incidence rate of a particular disease in a population if that population had a standard age structure
- air kerma rate
- the air kerma per unit time
- at a rate of knots
- Quickly; rapidly; fast
- at any rate
- In any case, anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard a previous thought
Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.
- bank rate
- The rate of interest that a central bank charges when it lends money to another bank
- basal metabolic rate
- The amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state
- base rate fallacy
- A common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account
- bit rate
- The transmission rate of binary symbols (‘0’ and ‘1’), equal to the total number of bits transmitted in one second sent or received across a network or communications channel, abbreviated as bps (bits per second), a measure of data transmission speed
- blue circle rate
- a pay that is below average for the same type of work
- capacity utilization rate
- The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively
- conversion rate
- The proportion of visitors to a website who take an action desired by the marketers, such as buying a product or subscribing to a newsletter
- cut-rate
- Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate
- data rate
- The speed at which data is sent over a data link or channel; generally expressed in bytes per second
- data transfer rate
- the transmission speed of a communications channel; measured in bits or bytes per second
- discount rate
- The interest rate used to discount future cashflows of a financial instrument; the annual interest rate used to decrease the amounts of future cashflows to yield their present value
- discount rate
- An interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it
- economy rate
- A bowler's statistic, being the average number of runs conceded per over
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- The rate at which red blood cells precipitate in an hour; a screening test used to test for various conditions. Abbreviated as ESR
- exchange rate
- The amount of one currency that a person or institution defines as equivalent to another when either buying or selling it at any particular moment
- exchange rate
- The rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another, usually expressed as the value of the one in terms of the other
- failure rate
- The frequency with which an engineered system or component fails, expressed for example in failures per hour
- fatality rate
- The number of people that die per a number of cases
- first rate
- superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality
A first rate restaurant should offer wonderful food with wonderful service.
- first-rate
- Exceptionally good
- first-rate
- A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks
- first-rate
- Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks
- flat rate
- An amount of money paid by everyone or every user of something
Customers are expected to pay a flat rate of £15 monthly.
- flat-rate
- Relating to a flat rate; with the same amount of money required of everyone
a flat-rate contribution.
- frame rate
- the measurement of how quickly an imaging device can produce unique consecutive images called frames, most often expressed in frames per second (often abbreviated "fps") or, equivalently, Hertz (Hz)
- going rate
- The current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something
He did a terrible job, and then charged more than twice the going rate for it!.
- heart rate
- The number of heart beats per unit of time, usually expressed as beats per minute
- heart rate monitor
- A wearable device that allows a user to measure their heart rate in real time, usually consisting of a chest strap transmitter and a wrist receiver
- interest rate
- The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year)
- interest rate swap
- A contract to exchange the benefit of one interest rate with another. Often a fixed interest rate being exchanged for a variable rate so as to allow one party to remove an exposure to a variable rate for which they pay a premium on the fixed rate in order to compensate for this 'insurance'. The two rates can also be based on different currencies
- lapse rate
- The rate of change in atmospheric temperature with increase of height. The variable normally is temperature unless specified otherwise. This is a vertical direction of travel (up or down), and the temperature may rise or fall suddenly
- markup rate
- A percentage which a trader adds to the buy-in cost of goods in order to get the selling price
- metabolic rate
- The speed of metabolism
- metabolic-rate
- Attributive form of metabolic rate, noun
- mortality rate
- The percentage of deaths per some period of time
The mortality rate of people aged 50 or more that smoke is much higher than the one of non-smokers in the same age group.
- over rate
- the average number of overs completed per hour
- over-rate
- To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due
- percentage rate
- A coefficient that is a quotient of two numbers, in which the denominator has the same units as that of the numerator multiplied by a unit of time and that is expressed in percentage points
- piece rate
- The monetary amount payed per unit of production in the reward scheme of piece work, contrasting to hourly wage and to salary
- premium-rate telephone number
- A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number
- premium-rate telephone numbers
- plural form of premium-rate telephone number
- rates
- The plural form of rate
- rating
- Present participle of rate
- rating
- A position on a scale
- rating
- An evaluation of status, especially of financial status
They have a poor credit rating.
- red circle rate
- a pay that is above average for the same type of work
- roll rate
- The rate at which an can change its roll attitude, typically expressed in degrees per second
- run rate
- the number of runs scored by a side divided by the number of overs taken to score them
- second-rate
- Of mediocre quality, not first class
They are intrigued by Mrs Deelville; she is dowdy, languid-voiced, and ill-dressed, in every way appearing second-rate, who nonethless - rather tiresomely - seems to have the knack of attracting men. - Rudyard Kipling A Second-rate Woman 1888.
- second-rate
- a British ship-of-the-line sail warship that has 90 to 98 guns dispersed onto 3 gundecks
- strike rate
- the number of runs of a batter divided by the number of balls faced
- strike rate
- the number of runs scored by a batsman per 100 balls faced; the number of balls bowled by a bowler divided by the number of wickets taken
- tax rate
- A rate, usually a percentage rate, at which something is taxed
- teaser rate
- An initial, relatively low, rate of interest on an adjustable-rate mortgage designed to attract borrowers
- teledensity rate
- The number of telephone lines per 100 people in a region
- third-rate
- a sailing warship that can be described with the adjective "third-rate"
- third-rate
- of lesser value or quality than second-rate
- third-rate
- describing a British ship-of-the-line with 64 to 80 guns divided onto two gun decks
- transfer rate
- the transmission speed of a communication channel; measured in bits or bytes per second
- utilization rate
- The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is be used productively
- wheeze rate
- The proportion of the respiratory cycle duration occupied by wheezing (measured as Tw/Ttot)
- second-rate
- second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc
- Rate of Return
- ror
- rated
- Describes coverage issued at a higher rate than standard, usually due to impairment of the insured life
- rated
- - Usually used in combination, rated-up or rated policy A policy issued with an extra premium charge REIMBURSEMENT - Payment of an amount of money related to the amount of the loss to or on behalf of the insured upon the occurrence of a defined loss
- rated
- Coverage's issued at a higher rate than standard because of some health condition, or impairment of the insured