Meaning & use
Rates
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Fixed amounts of money charged or paid, or measures expressing the frequency or speed of something in relation to another quantity.
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Mortgage rates rose sharply after the central bank's announcement.
Heart rates increase during intense exercise.
A note on using this word
'Rates' can also function as a verb (to rate something), so context determines whether it names a measurement or describes the act of judging quality.
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2. verb
Assigns a level of quality, value, or rank to something (third-person singular verb form of 'rate').
The critic rates the film highly for its cinematography.
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