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rate

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  1. estimate              
 
1. rate \'ra-t\ vb [ME raten] 1: to rebuke angrily or violently  obs  2: to 
   drive away by scolding  : to voice angry reprimands 
2. rate n [ME, fr. MF, fr. ML rata, fr. L (pro) rata (parte) acco]rding to 
   a fixed proportion 1a: reckoned value : VALUATION  obs  1b: ESTIMATION  obs 
    2: a fixed quantity  3a: a fixed ratio between two things  3b: a charge, 
   payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or stand ard : as 3b1: 
   a charge per unit of a public-service commodity  3b2: a charge per unit of 
   freight or passenger service  3b3: a unit charge or ratio used by a 
   government for assessing property tax es Brit  3b4: a local tax  4a: a 
   quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of somethi ng 
   else 4b: 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  : in any case : at least  - at any rate 
3. rate vt obs  1: ALLOT  2: CONSIDER, REGARD  3a: APPRAISE, ESTIMATE  3b: 
   to determine or assign the relative rank or class of : GRADE  3c: to 
   estimate the normal capacity or power of  4: to fix the amount of premium 
   to be charged per unit of insurance on  5: to have a right to : DESERVE {~ 
   special privileges}  : to be of consequence