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1. RATE
   A percentage of the monthly mortgage payment paid to the lender.
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2. RATE
   The cost of a unit of insurance, usually per $1,000. Rates are based on historical loss experience for similar risks and may be regulated by state insurance offices.
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3. Rate
   Formerly, in the British Navy warships were classified into one of six rates depending upon the number of guns they carried, with first rates carrying the most guns and sixth rates the fewest number of guns.
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4. Rate
   Term commonly used to denote the amount of active ingredient or formulation applied per unit area, per plant etc. (application rate) regardless of percentage of chemical in the carrier (dilution) or the volume of spray applied per unit area, per plant etc. (volume rate).
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5. rate
   [n] - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit 2. [n] - amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis 3. [v] - be worthy of or have a certain rating 4. [v] - estimate the value of 5. [v] - assign a rank or rating to
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6. Rate
   (1)   The deviation of a timekeeper from strict accuracy, expressed as an average.   Thus an early chronometer might be said to have a [gaining or losing] rate of (say) five seconds a week, and this would be taken as read in judging its performance thereafter;  provided it never deviated materially
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7. Rate
   Expressed as an annual percentage it is the amount of interest charged on a loan.
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8. Rate
   The annual rate of interest on a loan, expressed as a percentage of 100
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9. Rate
   Naval term for rank when referring to non-officers.
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10. Rate
    When applied to cells it usually means the cells current carrying capacity.
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11. rate
    A ratio that compares two quantities having different units of measure
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12. rate
    the current in amperes at which a storage battery will be discharged in a specified time,under specified conditions of temperature and final voltage Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the amount per day by which it gains or loses from accurate time-keeping Category: General...
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13. Rate
    Rate (rāt) transitive verb & i. [ Perh. from English rate , transitive verb , to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but more probably from Swedish rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; confer Icelandic hrat
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14. Rate
    Rate noun [ Old French , from Latin rata (sc. pars ), from ratus reckoned, fixed by calculation, past participle of reri to reckon, to calculate. Confer Reason .] 1. Established portion or measure; fixed allow...
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15. Rate
    Rate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rated ; present participle & verbal noun Rating .] 1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree. «...
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16. Rate
    Rate intransitive verb 1. To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line. 2. To make an estimate.
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17. rate
    The number of occurrences in one minute (for example respiratory rate, heart rate) ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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18. rate
    charge per unit noun amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; `a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5`
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19. rate
    noun a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; `the literacy rate`; `the retention rate`; `the dropout rate`
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20. rate
    noun a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; `they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour`; `the rate of change was faster than expected`
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21. rate
    noun the relative speed of progress or change; `he lived at a fast pace`; `he works at a great rate`; `the pace of events accelerated`
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22. rate
    (rāt) the speed or frequency with which an event or circumstance occurs per unit of time, population, or other standard of comparison.
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23. Rate
    • (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc. • (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest ...
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24. Rate
    (1) The amount charged by a communications medium to an advertiser based on per unit of space or time purchased. The rate may vary from national to local campaigns, or may be a fixed rate. (2) To estimate a particular media”s audience size based on a research sample.
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25. rate
    
    • amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
    • a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
    • the relative speed of progress or change
    
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