Webster's English Dictionary

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rating

rat.ing n 1: a classification according to grade; specif : a military or 
   nava l specialist classification chiefly Brit  2: a naval enlisted man  3a: 
   relative estimate or evaluation : STANDING  3b: an estimate of an 
   individual's or business's credit and responsibility  4: a stated operating 
   limit of a machine expressible in power units or in c haracteristics