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out·rate | \ ˌau̇t-ˈrāt 
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\outrated; outrating
Definition of outrate
: to have a better rating than
It also was the first NBC scripted show to outrate a lead-in from "The Voice."— Toni Fitzgerald
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The first known use of outrate was in 1873
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