Synonym: appraise, categorize, classify, estimate, evaluate, grade, group, measure, position, rank, value. Similar words: operate, cooperate, at any rate, desperate, generate, tolerate, accurate, moderate. Meaning: [reɪt] 
n. 1. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis 2. a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit 3. the relative speed of progress or change 4. a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure. v. 1. assign a rank or rating to 2. be worthy of or have a certain rating 3. estimate the value of.
n. 1. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis 2. a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit 3. the relative speed of progress or change 4. a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure. v. 1. assign a rank or rating to 2. be worthy of or have a certain rating 3. estimate the value of. 
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121. New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week.
122. Farmers could see a quarter of their income swallowed up by the interest rate rise.
123. At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine.
124. By changing the tomato's genetic blueprint , scientists can alter the rate at which it ripens.
125. Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p at all other times.
126. They've been told: take the lower interest rate, or lump it.
127. A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate.
128. They've had technical problems - at any rate that's what they told me.
129. After the deduction of tax at 20 per cent, the interest rate will be 6.2 per cent.
130. There were maybe 60 or 70 people there. At any rate, the room was packed.
131. The European country with the highest birth rate is Ireland.
132. At the time, the unemployment rate was touching 10 percent and rising.
133. The flow rate was measured at 9.5 litres per second.
134. The high rate of absenteeism is costing the company a lot of money.
135. The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.
136. Thirty dollars an hour is the going rate for a math tutor.
137. A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job.
138. The high suicide rate acted as a catalyst for change in the prison system.
139. We sent out over 1 000 letters but the response rate has been low .
140. The murder rate in the city has risen to four times the national average .
141. The literacy rate there is the highest in Central America.
142. The water was escaping at a rate of 200 gallons a minute.
143. Callers are charged a premium rate of 48p a minute.
144. Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p per minute at all other times.
145. Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and regularity of the heartbeat.
146. Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible.
147. We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases.
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149. She churns out novels at the rate of three a year.
150. You can take a gamble on getting a higher rate of interest by putting it into high - risk shares.
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