rates
/reɪts/
noun
- A fixed price or charge for a service or amount of something.
- We pay a flat rate for unlimited internet access.
- Interest rates on loans have gone up this year.
- The hotel offers special rates for weekend stays.
- A measure of speed, frequency, or quantity compared to something else.
- Birth rates are declining in many developed countries.
- The crime rate in the city has dropped significantly.
- The heart rate increases during exercise.
- A local tax paid by property owners, especially in the UK.
- The council has increased the rates on commercial buildings.
- Homeowners must pay their rates by the end of the month.
- The new budget includes a small rise in municipal rates.
verb
- To judge or assign a value, rank, or level to something.
- The company rates its employees on a scale of one to five.
- How would you rate your experience with our service?
- Critics rate the movie as one of the best of the year.
- To deserve or be worthy of something.
- The team's performance rates high praise from the coach.
- That kind of behavior rates a serious warning.
- Her hard work rates a promotion.