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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rate \Rate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rating}.]
1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South.
You seem not high enough your joys to rate. --Dryden.
2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
3. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
4. To ratify. [Obs.] ''To rate the truce.'' --Chapman.
{To rate a chronometer}, to ascertain the exact rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation dependent thereon.
Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rating
noun
1: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: {evaluation}, {valuation}]
2: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: {evaluation}]
3: standing or position on a scale
4: rank in a military organization [syn: {military rank}, {military rating}, {paygrade}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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