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rate¹ noun 1 the number of times something happens, etc within a given period of time; the amount of something considered in relation to, or measured according to, another amount • a high suicide rate • at the rate of 40kph. 2 a a price or charge, often measured per unit • the rate of pay for the job; b (rates) see rates. 3 a price or charge fixed according to a standard scale • rate of exchange. 4 class or rank • second-rate. 5 the speed of movement or change • rate of progress. verb (rated, rating) 1 to give (a value) to something • rate him number two in the world. 2 to be worthy of something; to deserve • an answer that doesn't rate full marks. 3 intrans (usually rate as something) to be placed in a certain class or rank • rates as the best book on the subject. 4 in the UK until 1990: to determine the value of property for the purposes of assessing the rates (sense 2) payable on it. at any rate in any case; anyway. at this or that rate if this or that is or continues to be the case.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin rata, from reri to reckon.

rate² verb (rated, rating) to scold or rebuke severely.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.