(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ of something is a score or measurement of how good or popular it is.
...a value-for-money ~ of ten out of ten...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
see also credit ~
2.
The ~s are the statistics published each week which show how popular each television programme is.
CBS’s ~s again showed huge improvement over the previous year.
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