deposition
dethronement | the act of deposing someone, removing a powerful person from a position or office |
contamination
pollution | the act of contaminating or polluting, including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors |
deposit
deposition | the act of putting something somewhere |
| 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 |
bargain rate
cheapness
cut rate
cut price | a price below the standard price |
| deposition | (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness, usually conducted in a lawyer's office |
| Postal Rate Commission | an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates |
pay rate
rate of pay | amount of money received per unit time, women's pay rate is lower than men's |
payment rate
rate of payment
repayment rate
installment rate | the amount of money paid out per unit time |
| tax rate | rate used to calculate tax liability |
interest rate
rate of interest | the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use |
discount rate
discount bank discount | interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan |
| bank rate | the discount rate fixed by a central bank |
| discount rate | the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System |
| base rate | the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks |
| prime interest rate | the interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratings |
rate
charge per unit | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis, a -minute phone call at that rate would cost $ |
freight
freightage
freight rate | the charge for transporting something by common carrier, we pay the freight, the freight rate is usually cheaper |
rate of depreciation
depreciation rate | the rate at which the value of property is reduced, used to calculate tax deduction |
rate of exchange
exchange rate | the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another |
| excursion rate | a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket |
| room rate | the rate charged daily for a hotel room |
basal metabolic rate
BMR | the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state |
deposition
deposit | the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
baud
baud rate | (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits
second) for modems |
| rate | a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure, the literacy rate, the retention rate, the dropout rate |
| absentee rate | the percentage of workers who do not report to work |
| occupancy rate | the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time |
| vacancy rate | the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time |
| unemployment rate | the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date |
mileage
fuel consumption rate
gasoline mileage
gas mileage | the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned |
employee turnover
turnover rate
turnover | the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers |
befoulment
defilement
pollution | the state of being polluted |
| pollution | undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities |
| biodegradable pollution | pollution that is rendered harmless by natural processes and so causes no permanent harm |
| nonbiodegradable pollution | pollution that accumulates in the environment and may appear in the food chain |
| air pollution | pollution of the atmosphere, air pollution reduced the visibility |
| industrial air pollution | pollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphere |
| small-particle pollution | air pollution caused by fine particles of soot (as from power plants or diesel engines) |
noise pollution
sound pollution | annoying and potentially harmful environmental noise |
| thermal pollution | harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them |
| water pollution | pollution of the water in rivers and lakes |
attrition rate
rate of attrition | the rate of shrinkage in size or number |
birthrate
birth rate
fertility
fertility rate
natality | the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area, expressed per population per year |
| crime rate | the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area, expressed per population per year |
| data rate | the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information |
deathrate
death rate
mortality
mortality rate
fatality rate | the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area, expressed per per year |
| dose rate | the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time |
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
ESR
sedimentation rate
sed rate | the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions, a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation |
flow
flow rate
rate of flow | the amount of fluid that flows in a given time |