Rate

What “Rate” means

Noun

1. The worth of something; value.
2. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
3. Speed.
4. The relative speed of change or progress.
5. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.

Verb

1. To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
2. To evaluate or estimate the value of.
3. To consider or regard.
4. To deserve; to be worth.
5. To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.

Verb

1. To berate, scold.

Verb

1. To cause (hay, hemp, flax, etc) to decay (whether in an injurious way, or—as retting—in a useful way) by exposure to weather, particularly wetness.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).

From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hratōną (“to sway, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing”). Cognate with Swedish rata (“to reject, refuse, find fault, slight”), Norwegian rata (“to reject, cast aside”), Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”).

Related to, or a variant of, ret. (Found dialectally also as rait.)

Business name ideas with “Rate”

Industries where “Rate” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Mortgage Broker
• Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers