I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of rate (I)
: scolding , rebuke
gave him a severe rating
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of rate (III)
1. : a classification according to grade : rank: as
a. : the relative standing of a sailor in a ship's company
had the rating of boatswain's mate
b. : an assignment in an occupational group (as in the United States Navy) within which a petty officer holds a rate
a petty officer with a rating of radarman
c. : a specialist classification in the armed forces (as pilot, parachutist, gunner)
2. chiefly Britain : a naval enlisted man
two officers and ten ratings aboard each vessel — Manchester Guardian Weekly
3.
a. : a relative estimate or evaluation (as of status, achievement, or appeal) : standing , mark
his rating was high
the good academic rating of the school
a high rating for honesty in government — J.A.Morris b. 1904
had the highest rating in the examination
b. : an estimate of the credit and responsibility of an individual or business concern
c. : estimation of an indivdual's traits and qualities (as interests, abilities, attitudes, or personality) by his indicated preferences on a scale of items
d. : an estimate of the percentage of the public listening to or viewing a particular radio or television program
was Mr. Television himself … had a rating of twenty-eight — Pete Martin
4. : a stated operating limit of a machine expressible in power units (as in horsepower of a motor, kilowatts of a direct-current generator, or kilovolt amperes of an alternator) or in characteristics (as speed, voltage, or frequency) — compare duty 5b