rate
- noun
- /reɪt/
- The mortgage rate is currently set at four percent for new loans.
- interest rates
- tax rates
- hourly rate
Let's refinance again and get a lower rate and get cash out.
- Let's refinance again and get a lower rate and get cash out.
- Charge them the same family rate they charged me.
- I didn't think they would raise rates to these levels this quickly.
- Hotels can't charge Swifty in rates once the event is over.
- So in summary, yeah, some good news, but also rates are still too high.
- The cap only applies to standard variable rate or default tariffs.
- Well, they're raising rates to get inflation under control.
- They they tapered the asset purchases, they raised rates, they sank the stock market.
- I sold four years rate for in in radio.
Examples
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Three month severance at the rate of 3,000 a month, if you wish to leave.
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Charge them the same family rate they charged me.
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We raised the rates just about a month and a half ago.
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Do they have a better rate?
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Let's refinance again and get a lower rate and get cash out.
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School discipline referral rates will be obtained by the researchers prior to treatment.
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Inquire for special out-of-town rates.
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Selection of college-credit courses with high enrollments but low success rates may be a useful direction.
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The staggering high school dropout rates in the United States are appalling.
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The infant mortality rate fell by a third, and life expectancy inched upward.
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Synonyms
An amount of money paid for a service
The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
The usual price or wage for something at a particular time
Percent a bank charges for borrowing money each year
The amount of money a worker gets for each hour or week of work
Amount of money paid for work in a set time like per hour
The amount of money given for work, usually per hour or week
A regular charge for the water that comes to a home, often paid quarterly
The amount of money you pay back for a loan during a set time
Pay for each item a worker makes
Yearly percentage cost of borrowing money that includes some extra fees
Interest taken from the loan amount before you receive the money
The amount of money paid for each hour or work period
An amount of money you pay regularly to repay a loan or buy something
The cost for each item or unit used
Idioms
Compounds
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The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
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The percentage of people looking for work who do not have a job
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The number of people who die in a group each year per 1,000 people
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The number of people who die in a population each year shown per 1,000 people
The value of one country's money when you change it for another country's money
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The percent that shows how much prices for things and services rise over time
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Number of babies who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births
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The number of breaths a person takes each minute used to check health
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The speed at which digital information moves through a connection, measured in bits per second
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The number of bits sent or processed each second in audio and video files
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A blood test that shows how fast red blood cells settle to check for inflammation
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How fast the body uses energy while resting to keep breathing and stay warm
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The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money
A high quality school or university training that gives strong knowledge and skills
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A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government
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The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
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A faster than normal fall of red blood cells in a blood test that shows inflammation in the body
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The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks
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A system where a government keeps a country's money at a set value, often linked to another currency or gold
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The number of times per second a device measures a sound to make a digital file
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A test that measures how fast red blood cells sink in a tube to show infection or disease
An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock
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A measure of how quickly things like cars or machines lose value over time, often used for tax
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The speed at which red blood cells fall to the bottom of a test tube, showing inflammation
A cheaper price for a round-trip ticket usually given for travel on set dates or when bought early
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rate comes from the same root as ratio, with the sense of a 'calculated' or fixed amount. That's why a rate can mean a price or charge set per hour, per unit, or per service.