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n.
amount in relation to something else
1) to fix, set a ~
2) a fast; flat; high; low; mode~; slow; steady ~
3) bargain; reasonable; reduced; regular ~s
4) an accident; birth; crime; death; divorce; fertility; growth; marriage; morbidity; mortality ~
5) a discount; exchange; group; inflation; interest; primary; tax ~
6) a metabolic; pulse; respiration ~
7) an annual; hourly; monthly; seasonal; weekly ~
8) at a certain ~ (at a steady ~; she borrowed money at a high interest ~)
misc.
9) at any ~ ('in any case'); first ~ ('top quality')
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v.
1) to ~ high; low
2) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) ('to be ranked; to rank') to ~ among (that player is ~d among the very best)
3) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) ('to be ranked; to rank') to ~ as (this wine ~s as excellent; she is ~d as one of the best tennis players in the country)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to compare') to ~ with (this wine ~s with the very best)
5) ( colloq. ) ( AE ) ( D ; intr. ) ('to enjoy a favored status') to ~ with (she really ~s with them)
6) ( P ; tr. ) ('to rank') this restaurant is ~d very highly
7) ( GB ) ( P ; tr. ) ('to assess for tax purposes') their flat is ~d at eight hundred pounds this year
8) ( misc. ) on a scale of one to ten, we would ~ this restaurant eight