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# rate

noun (rate, rates); verb (rate, rates, rated, rating)

«rate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of another, like miles in each hour or dollars for each hour of work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#m1)
2. A rate is how fast something happens: the rate of growth, a heart rate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#m2)
3. A rate is a price or charge: the hourly rate, the rate for a room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#m3)
4. To rate is to judge how good something is: «I rate it 4 stars». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#m4)
5. «At any rate» means anyway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: a rate of speed, pay, work, flow or price per unit; the key to multiply or divide; «per», «each», «an hour», «a minute»; «at this rate». In science: heart rate, rate of melting or growing. In everyday life: star ratings, rates of pay. In stories: «at this rate we'll never get there!»

### Examples

- He works at a rate of $12 per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x1)
- The tap fills at a rate of 5 liters a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x2)
- At this rate, how far will she go in 4 hours? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x3)
- She types at a rate of 40 words a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x4)
- Your heart rate goes up when you run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x5)
- The plant grew at a rate of 1 cm a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x6)
- I rate this book five stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x7)
- Babysitters charge an hourly rate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x8)
- At any rate, we tried our best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x9)
- "I've got him now, at any rate," thought he. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x10)

### Note

Marks a per-unit amount: total = rate × time (or count), and rate = total ÷ time. Trap: «at this rate» means keep the same rate for a new time; match units (minutes vs hours: 60 minutes = 1 hour). «First-rate» means excellent; «second-rate» means not very good.

## In Jewish tradition

In these verses it means a fixed amount paid year by year.

**Interpretation.** The visitors brought Solomon gifts every year. The tradition reads this as a sign of his wealth and fame.

### Examples

- And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. (Writings 2CH.9.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x11)
- And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. (Prophets 1KI.10.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/#x12)

### Note

Marks a per-unit amount: total = rate × time (or count), and rate = total ÷ time. Trap: «at this rate» means keep the same rate for a new time; match units (minutes vs hours: 60 minutes = 1 hour). «First-rate» means excellent; «second-rate» means not very good.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rate»](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/rate/): every meaning and example of this page parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rate.html) on Mova free.