[rate] vb rat.ed ; rat.ing [ME] vt (14c) 1: to rebuke angrily or violently
2. obs: to drive away by scolding ~ vi: to voice angry reprimands
[2]rate n [ME, fr. MF, fr. ML rata, fr. L (pro) rata (parte) according to a fixed proportion] (15c) 1 a: reckoned value: valuation b obs: estimation
2. obs: a fixed quantity 3 a: a fixed ratio between two things b: a charge, payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard: as (1): a charge per unit of a public-service commodity (2): a charge per unit of freight or passenger service (3): a unit charge or ratio used by a government for assessing property taxes (4) Brit: a local tax
4. a: a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of something else b: an amount of payment or charge based on another amount; specif: the amount of premium per unit of insurance
5: relative condition or quality: class -- at any rate : in any case: anyway [3]rate vb rat.ed ; rat.ing vt (15c) 1 obs: allot
2. a: to set an estimate on: value, esteem "black is rated very high this season" b: to determine or assign the relative rank or class of: grade "~ a seaman" c: to estimate the normal capacity or power of
3: consider, regard "was rated an excellent pianist"
4: to fix the amount of premium to be charged per unit of insurance on
5: to have a right to: deserve "she rated special privileges" ~ vi: to enjoy a status of special privilege "really ~s with the boss" syn see estimate