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  • 51rate — 1. A record of the measurement of an event or process in terms of its relation to some fixed standard; measurement is expressed as the ratio of one quantity to another ( e.g., velocity, distance per unit …

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  • 52Rate — Als Rate bezeichnet man im mathematischen und physikalischen Zusammenhang eine auf eine Zeiteinheit bezogene Messgröße, eine so genannte Stromgröße. Sie kann eine relative oder eine absolute Größe beschreiben. Im Finanzwesen wird mit Rate eine… …

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  • 53rate — Synonyms and related words: VAT, abuse, account, ad valorem duty, admonish, alcohol tax, alphabetize, amount, amusement tax, analyze, antecede, anyhow, anyway, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arithmetical proportion, arrange, assay, assess,… …

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  • 54rate — 1. noun 1) a fixed rate of interest Syn: percentage, ratio, proportion; scale, standard, level 2) an hourly rate of $30 Syn: charge, price, cost, tariff, fare, levy …

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  • 55rate — 1. noun 1) a fixed rate of interest Syn: percentage, ratio, proportion, scale, standard 2) an hourly rate of £30 Syn: charge, price, cost, tariff, fare, fee …

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  • 56rate — Verb: To estimate value or capability; to classify. A price of valuation. A unit by which a calculation is made, as rate of interest; rate of speed; rate of growth; or rate of exchange. The charge imposed by a common carrier. 13 Am J2d Car §§ 105 …

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  • 57Räte — Reichsversammlung der Arbeiter und Soldatenräte am 16. Dezember 1918 Die Arbeiter und Soldatenräte waren in der Novemberrevolution 1918 Organe der Selbstverwaltung in den Städten, in denen sich Arbeiter und Soldaten erhoben, um die eben… …

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  • 58rate — 1. noun /ɹeɪt/ a) The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet. b) The price of (an individual) thing; cost. At the height of his… …

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  • 59Rate — Recorded as Rait, Raith, Raitt, Rate, Rathe and possibly others, this is a medieval Scottish surname. It derives from the ancient Gaelic word rath meaning a small fortress, and hence a man who lived at such a place. As there were many such small… …

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  • 60rate — English has two words rate. The commoner, ‘relative quantity’ [15], comes via Old French rate from medieval Latin rata ‘calculated, fixed’, as used in the expression pro rata parte ‘according to a fixed part, proportionally’. This was the… …

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