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verb

Rate v. t. & v. i. To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate. "Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!" "Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it."

Rate v. t. (past & past part. rated; pres. part. rating)

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." "You seem not high enough your joys to rate."

To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.

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.

To ratify. (Obs.) "To rate the truce."

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 dependent thereon.

Synonyms: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.

Rate v. i.

To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.

To make an estimate.

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Etymology of 'Rating'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Social Pictorial Satire • George du Maurier

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— Is Ulster Right? • Anonymous

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— Sonnie-Boy's People • James B. Connolly

... Navy Department, with particular reference to prompt and economical conversion into auxiliary cruisers, of sufficient strength and stability to carry and sustain at least four effective rifled cannon of a calibre of not less than six inches; and to be of the highest rating ...

— Manual of Ship Subsidies • Edwin M. Bacon

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— The Gypsies • Charles G. Leland

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