rateable

Meanings

1. 1adjectivebefore a nounbusiness

   Having a value that can be assessed for the purpose of local property taxes.

   Grammar: Usually comes before a noun: rateable property, rateable value.

   Patterns

   • rateable value of something

   The shop's rateable value was reassessed after the extension was built.

   Only rateable properties are included in the council's tax list.

   She appealed because she thought the office was over-valued as a rateable building.

2. 2adjectivecomparableformal

   Able to be measured, judged or given a score on a scale.

   Grammar: Can follow be: the skills are rateable on a scale of one to five.

   Patterns

   • rateable on something

   Each performance is rateable on a five-point scale.

   Not all qualities of a good teacher are easily rateable.

   The inspectors used rateable criteria so schools could be compared fairly.

Common combinations

rateable value

The rateable value of the warehouse fell after the move.

rateable property

Empty land is not always rateable property.

rateable premises

The council visited the rateable premises to check the measurements.

rateable occupier

The rateable occupier of the building pays the bill.

Synonyms and how they differ

assessable

This is wider and means able to be evaluated for any purpose, while rateable often points to property tax.

taxable

This means subject to any tax, whereas rateable ties to a value used to compute local rates.

measurable

This describes things that can be measured by size or amount, not necessarily valued for tax.

ratable

This is the American spelling of the same word.

Opposites

Word family

rate verb

to judge the quality or value of something

rates noun

British local property taxes on buildings

rating noun

a score or classification

ratepayer noun

a person who pays local rates

Commonly confused: rateable or rate able?

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