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rate

noun

1 a fixed rate of interest | the maximum rate of taxation:

percentage, ratio, proportion, scale, standard.

2 boats can be hired for a reasonable daily rate | an hourly rate of $30:

charge, price, cost, tariff, hire, fare, figure, amount, outlay;

tax, duty, levy, toll;

fee, remuneration, pay, payment, wage, allowance;

informal damage.

3 the rate of change was very fast:

speed, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum;

gait;

informal clip, lick.

□ at a rate of knotsinformal

it is obviously improving at a rate of knots:

rapidly, speedily, swiftly, quickly, fast, posthaste, at (full) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop;

promptly, immediately, briskly;

hastily, hurriedly, precipitately;

informal p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), double quick, at a lick, hell for leather, pronto, on the double, at wasp speed, a mile a minute, like the wind, like a bomb, like a bat out of hell, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, like nobody's business, like (greased) lightning, like a madman/madwoman;

British, informal like the clappers, like billy-o;

North American, informal lickety-split;

literary apace.

▷antonyms slowly.

□ at any rate

at any rate, I think I'm in with a chance:

in any case, anyhow, anyway, at all events, in any event, nevertheless;

whatever happens, no matter what happens, come what may, regardless, notwithstanding.

verb

1 they were asked to rate their ability at different driving maneuvers:

assess, evaluate, appraise, weigh up, judge, estimate, calculate, compute, gauge, measure, adjudge, value, put a value on;

grade, rank, classify, class, categorize, position, place.

2 the program was rated as no more than moderately effective:

consider to be, judge to be, reckon to be, think to be, hold to be, deem to be, find to be;

regard, account, esteem, mark down as, look on, count.

3 his statement rated only a brief mention near the end of the report:

merit, deserve, warrant, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, be deserving of, have a claim to, have a right to.

4 informal I think he's okay, but Benny doesn't rate him:

think highly of, have a high opinion of, admire, think much of, set much store by, hold in esteem, esteem, value, hold in high regard.