RATE

rate. Rate, n. a price, value, proportion, tax, way order or class in a navy, as a first rate ship

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Rate (rāt), v. t. & i. [[Perh. fr. E. rate, v. t., to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel. hrat refuse, hrati rubbish.]] To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently. Spenser. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak. Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. Barrow.