I.
noun
1 speed/frequency
ADJECTIVE
▪ constant , expected , regular , steady , unchanged
▪ slow
▪
the slow ~ of change
▪ fast , rapid
▪ alarming , phenomenal
▪
The costs of the project are rising at an alarming ~.
▪ low
▪
There is a low survival ~ among babies born before 22 weeks.
▪ elevated , high , increased
▪ ever-increasing , rising
▪
anxiety over rising divorce ~s
▪ success
▪ divorce , marriage
▪ death , fatality , mortality
▪ recovery , survival
▪ relapse
▪ birth , fertility
▪ accident
▪ crime , murder , recidivism ( technical , esp. AmE ), suicide
▪ jobless , unemployment
▪ attrition ( esp. AmE ), dropout ( esp. AmE ), turnover
▪
Medical students had a high dropout ~.
▪ graduation ( AmE )
▪
Michigan's high-school graduation ~
▪ growth , inflation
▪ heart , metabolic , pulse , respiratory
▪
We need to eat less as we get older and our metabolic ~ slows down.
VERB + RATE
▪ accelerate , improve , increase , speed up
▪ double
▪
The US has doubled its ~ of recycling in ten years.
▪ cut , decrease , hold down , lower , reduce , slow down
▪
Educating girls has the effect of lowering birth ~s.
▪ stabilize
▪ maintain
▪ calculate , determine , estimate , measure
▪
how to calculate your resting metabolic ~
RATE + VERB
▪ be up , go up , shoot up
▪ grow , increase , jump , rise , rocket , skyrocket , soar
▪ be down , come down , go down
▪ decline , decrease , drop , fall , plummet , plunge , slip , slow
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
The water was escaping at a ~ of 200 gallons a minute.
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of salmonella infections
▪ ~ per
▪
the accident ~ per 10 000 flight hours
2 amount of money paid
ADJECTIVE
▪ cheap , competitive , low , moderate , reasonable
▪
We have a wide range of vehicles available for hire at competitive ~s.
▪
Calls are cheap ~ after 6 p.m. ( BrE )
▪ extortionate ( esp. BrE ), high
▪
credit companies that charge extortionate ~s of interest
▪ rising
▪
Borrowers want protection against rising interest ~s.
▪ excellent , good
▪ poor
▪
The account offers a poor ~ of interest.
▪ fixed , flat
▪
You can opt to pay a flat ~ for unlimited Internet access.
▪ usual
▪ going
▪
I'll pay you at the going ~ ( = the present usual rate of payment ).
▪ variable
▪ annual , hourly , weekly
▪ base , basic , standard
▪ top
▪
I pay the top ~ of tax.
▪ average
▪ market
▪
current market ~s for borrowing
▪ group , preferential ( esp. BrE )
▪
Ask about the special group ~s for entrance to the museum.
▪ discounted , reduced
▪ bank , exchange , interest , lending , mortgage , tax
VERB + RATE
▪ determine , fix , peg , set
▪
Global banks have pegged interest ~s at 1%.
▪ hike , increase , lift , put up , raise
▪ exceed
▪
The deficit has recently exceeded the peak ~s of the 1980s.
▪ cut , halve , lower , reduce , slash
▪ hold
▪
We will hold these ~s until April.
▪ charge
▪
They charge the usual ~ of interest.
▪ pay
▪ give (sb) , offer (sb)
RATE + VERB
▪ climb , go up , increase , jump , jump up , rise , shoot up
▪
Their hourly ~s have gone up.
▪
Mortgage ~s jumped to 15%.
▪ come down , decline , dip , drop , fall , go down
▪ differ , fluctuate , vary
▪
Exchange ~s are fluctuating wildly.
▪ apply to sth
▪
Standard ~s of interest apply to these loans.
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
money borrowed at a high ~ of interest
▪ ~ for
▪
the average ~ for an unskilled worker
▪ ~ of
▪
an increase in the ~ of taxation
PHRASES
▪ a drop in ~s , a rise in ~s
▪
a one-point rise in base lending ~s
▪ a ~ of return
▪
safe investments which give a good ~ of return
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ highly
▪
Silver was ~d more highly than gold.
▪ consistently
▪
This airport is consistently ~d as the worst in the world.
PREPOSITION
▪ among
▪
a golf course that is ~d among the top ten in America
▪ as
▪
It is ~d as one of the city's best hotels.
▪ for
▪
a university that is highly ~d for its research work
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth on a scale
▪
The difficulty of each exercise is ~d on a scale of 1 to 5.
Rate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ participant
Rate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ chance , ↑ mention , ↑ quality