Unscramble rates

Definition of rates

noun:

• a local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
• a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour", "the rate of change was faster than expected". Synonyms: rate.
• amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5". Synonyms: charge per unit, rate.
• the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace", "he works at a great rate", "the pace of events accelerated". Synonyms: pace, rate.
• a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate", "the retention rate", "the dropout rate". Synonyms: rate.

verb:

• assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?", "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide". Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rank, rate.
• be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly". Synonyms: rate.
• estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?", "Gold was rated highly among the Romans". Synonyms: rate, value.
• desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage. Synonyms: rat.
• employ scabs or strike breakers in. Synonyms: rat.
• take the place of work of someone on strike. Synonyms: blackleg, fink, rat, scab.
• give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat. Synonyms: rat.
• catch rats, especially with dogs. Synonyms: rat.
• give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam". Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on.

Related words

acceleration, beat, birthrate, bps, celerity, cps, cycle, deathrate, deceleration, deliberateness, deliberation, downgrade, fastness, fertility, flow, flux, footage, freight, freightage, frequence, frequency, gait, gigacycle, gigahertz, hertz, jerk, kc, kilocycle, kilohertz, kph, linage, lineage, megacycle, megahertz, mortality, mph, natality, oftenness, pace, prioritise, prioritize, pulse, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, reorder, rev, revalue, rpm, seed, sequence, shortlist, slowness, sluggishness, spacing, speed, speediness, subordinate, superordinate, swiftness, tempo, terahertz, unhurriedness, upgrade, velocity, wpm.

Words nearby

gates, lates, mates, nates, oates, rate, ratel.

Rhymes with

gates, mates, straits, yeats.