rate

Meaning

1. To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
2. To evaluate or estimate the value of.
3. To consider or regard.
4. To deserve; to be worth.
5. To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
6. To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
7. (informal) To like; to think highly of.
8. To have position (in a certain class).
9. To have value or standing.
10. To ratify.
11. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.

appraise

think highly of

think well of

charge per unit

current price

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪt/

From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).

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