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Noun rate has 3 senses

rate, charge per unit - amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
--₁ is a kind of tax, taxation, revenue enhancement; charge; tax, taxation, revenue enhancement; charge
--₁ has particulars:

rate - 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"
--₂ is a kind of magnitude relation, quantitative relation; magnitude relation, quantitative relation
--₂ has particulars:

acceleration; attrition rate, rate of attrition; birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality; bits per second, bps; crime rate; data rate; deathrate, death rate, morbidity, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate; dose rate; erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESR, sedimentation rate, sed rate; flow, flow rate, rate of flow; flux; frequency, frequence, oftenness; gigahertz, GHz, gigacycle per second, gigacycle, Gc; growth rate, rate of growth; Hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle; inflation rate, rate of inflation; jerk, rate of acceleration; kilohertz, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc; kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, kph, km/h; megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc; terahertz, THz; metabolic rate; miles per hour, mph; pace, gait; pulse, pulse rate, heart rate; respiratory rate, rate of respiration; revolutions per minute, rpm, rev; sampling rate; solar constant; spacing; speed, velocity; tempo, pace; words per minute, wpm; rate; acceleration; attrition rate, rate of attrition; birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality; bits per second, bps; crime rate; data rate; deathrate, death rate, morbidity, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate; dose rate; erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESR, sedimentation rate, sed rate; flow, flow rate, rate of flow; flux; frequency, frequence, oftenness; gigahertz, GHz, gigacycle per second, gigacycle, Gc; growth rate, rate of growth; Hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle; inflation rate, rate of inflation; jerk, rate of acceleration; kilohertz, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc; kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, kph, km/h; megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc; terahertz, THz; metabolic rate; miles per hour, mph; pace, gait; pulse, pulse rate, heart rate; respiratory rate, rate of respiration; revolutions per minute, rpm, rev; sampling rate; solar constant; spacing; speed, velocity; tempo, pace; words per minute, wpm

pace, 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"
--₃ is a kind of temporal property; temporal property
--₃ has particulars:

Verb rate has 3 senses

rate, rank, range, order, grade, place - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
--₁ is one way to judge
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue rate the movie
rate - be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
--₂ is one way to be

Derived form: noun rating₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Something ----s something
rate, value - estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
--₃ is one way to measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value

Derived forms: noun rating₁, noun rating₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something