Usually means: Measure of change over time.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. rate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. rate, rate, rate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rate, rate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rate, rate: Wordnik
  7. -rate, rate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Rate (disambiguation), Rate (mathematics), Rate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Rate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. rate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. rate: Rhymezone
  12. Rate (f), rate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. rate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. -rate, rate: MyWord.info
  15. rate: Free Dictionary
  16. rate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. rate: Dictionary/thesaurus
  18. rate: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  19. rate: Infoplease Dictionary
  20. rate: Dictionary.com
  21. rate (n.), rate (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  22. rate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  23. rate: Wiktionary
  24. rate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  25. rate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. rate: Legal dictionary
  7. Rate: Financial dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  9. rate: Webster's New World Law Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. rate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. RATE: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. rate: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Misunderstood Physics Terms (No longer online)
  2. Rate: Physic and Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rate: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
noun:  The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
noun:  Speed.
noun:  The relative speed of change or progress.
noun:  The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
noun:  A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
noun:  A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
noun:  Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
noun:  (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
noun:  (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
noun:  (obsolete, uncountable) Order; arrangement.
noun:  (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
noun:  (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
verb:  (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
verb:  (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
verb:  (transitive) To consider or regard.
verb:  (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
verb:  (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
verb:  (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
verb:  (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
verb:  (intransitive) To have value or standing.
verb:  (transitive) To ratify.
verb:  To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
verb:  (transitive) To berate, scold.

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