Definiciones
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Sustantivo
The value or quality of something, in old-fashioned use.
Ejemplos
- His mind was not of the first rate.
- A man of such rate is rare.
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Sustantivo
How much of one thing compares to another.
Ejemplos
- He produced pictures at the rate of four a year.
- Replies came in at the rate of ten to one.
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Sustantivo
How fast something moves.
Ejemplos
- The car was going at a high rate of speed.
- The horses could not march at that rate.
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Sustantivo
How fast something changes.
Ejemplos
- The rate of production at the factory is rising.
- The rate of recovery has slowed in recent weeks.
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Sustantivo
The price asked for something.
Ejemplos
- He asked a high rate to take me to the airport.
- The plumber gave a fair rate for the repair.
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Sustantivo
A fixed price or charge for a service.
Ejemplos
- Postal rates here are low.
- The hotel gives a discount rate for weekly stays.
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Sustantivo
The money paid for each hour of work.
Ejemplos
- We pay an hourly rate of ten to fifteen dollars.
- Her rate went up after her promotion.
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Sustantivo
A local tax paid by owners of property, in British use.
Ejemplos
- I hardly have enough left each month to pay the rates.
- The council raised local rates again this year.
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Sustantivo
A class or rank, such as first-rate.
Ejemplos
- This textbook is first-rate.
- The old warship was a third-rate vessel.
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Sustantivo
A fixed amount given out, such as a ration.
Ejemplos
- Sailors got a strict daily rate of water.
- The rate of food was small in the winter.