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rate

112 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) rate (verb)
  2. 2) rate (noun)
  3. 3) rate (verb)
  4. rate base (noun)
  5. rate basis (noun)
  6. rate bill (noun)
  7. rate-buster (noun)
  8. rate-gene (noun)
  9. rate of change
  10. rate-of-climb indicator (noun)
  11. rate of exchange
  12. rate of interest
  13. rate of return
  14. rate-of-rise thermostat (noun)
  15. rate range (noun)
  16. rate setter (noun)
  17. rate up (verb)
  18. adjustable rate mortgage (noun)
  19. agreed rate (noun)
  20. all-commodity rate (noun)
  21. annual percentage rate (noun)
  22. any-quantity rate (noun)
  23. bank rate (noun)
  24. basal metabolic rate (noun)
  25. base rate (noun)
  26. basic rate (noun)
  27. basis rate (noun)
  28. bill rate (noun)
  29. blanket rate (noun)
  30. block rate (noun)

1rate

verb \ˈrāt\
rat·edrat·ing

Definition of RATE

transitive verb
1
: to rebuke angrily or violently
2
obsolete : to drive away by scolding
intransitive verb
: to voice angry reprimands

Origin of RATE

Middle English
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with RATE

ait, bait, bate, blate, cate, crate, date, eight, fate, fete, freight, gait, gate, grate, great, haet, hate, late, mate, pate, plait, plate, prate, quoit, sate, skate, slate, spate, state, straight, strait, teth, trait, wait, weight

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