Definition: 1. A measurement of the speed. 2. A measurement of the number of times something happens or exists during a particular period. 3. Assign a rank or rating to.
Use 'rate' in a sentence:
1. Interest is charged at a flat rate of 11%.
2. His heart rate was 30 beats per minute slower.
3. Many rated him the best singer of all time.
4. They pay slightly more than the going rate.
5. The university is highly rated for its research.
6. His pulse rate dropped suddenly.
7. He came here rated 100th on the tennis computer.
8. Any teacher will tell you that students learn at different rates.
9. The disease is spreading at a rapid rate.
10. The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.
11. The world's tropical forests are disappearing at an even faster rate than experts had thought.
12. It is indisputable that the crime rate has been rising.
13. The film was rated excellent by 90 per cent of children.
14. A growth rate of 4% is projected for next year.
15. She modestly suggests that 'sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'.
16. At this rate, she would be almost seven feet tall by then.
17. The rate of inflation must be held down.
18. Soldiers were exempt from paying rates.
19. At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine.
20. The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment.
21. The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate.
22. I'm afraid our needs do not rate very high with this administration.
23. Higher-rate deposit accounts yield good returns.
24. The rate at which hair grows can be agonizingly slow.
25. In those crowded streets her attire did not rate a second glance.
26. The school has a 90% pass rate.
27. The plan makes no allowance for people working at different rates.
28. But Cahoot's overdraft rate depends on your credit rating.
29. The unemployment rate has been projected to fall.
30. Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.
31. The dropout rate among students is currently one in three.
32. The cut in interest rates is good news for homeowners.
33. The average sell-through rate for these magazines is 35-38%.
34. He is generally rated Italy's No. 3 industrialist.
35. There's been a sharp rise in the rate of inflation.
36. High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard.
37. Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.
38. This is so extraordinary, it rates a medal and a phone call from the President.
39. Last year the detection rate for car theft was just 13%.
40. We rate him as one of the best.
41. The job offers good rates of pay.
42. Voters continue to rate education high on their list of priorities.
43. Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.
44. The new council tax combines elements of both the community charge and the rates.
45. The rate of convictions has fallen.
46. The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.
47. The rate of inflation increased by 2%.
48. It will take time for the higher rates to feed through to investors.
49. The key is, how long can the federal government control the inflation rate?
50. Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p at all other times.
51. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
52. New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week.
53. What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates?
54. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
55. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow.
56. We offer special reduced rates for students.
57. What's the rate of exchange against the dollar?
58. The inflation rate now stands at 3.6 percent.
59. Local businesses are closing at a/the rate of three a year.
60. The crime rate is rising.
61. Its artistic value failed to move Paddy Clegg. 'I don't know what all the fuss is about. I didn't rate it at all,' he said.
62. At any rate, Pankin said that relations between the two nations will be restored before the conference.
63. She is currently rated number two in the world.
64. Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates.
65. The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts.
66. America's birth rate fell to a record low last year.
67. Exports of Australian wine are growing at a phenomenal rate.
68. Most people walk at an average rate of 5 kilometres an hour.
69. Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.
70. Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible.
71. I rate her above most other players of her age.
72. Figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation.
73. Their age can be determined by extrapolation from their growth rate.
74. The number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate.
75. High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
76. Maternal age affects the baby's survival rate.
77. Death rates from heart disease have risen considerably in recent years.
78. At the rate you work, you'll never finish!
79. He is the least appealing character, to me at any rate.
80. Falling interest rates may help to bolster up the economy.
81. It's flattering to know that other clubs have shown interest and seem to rate me.
82. At least one bank cut its prime rate today.
83. Interest rates can be controlled by order of the central bank.
84. High interest rates help to keep borrowing down.
