infant feeding | feeding an infant |
mortality | the quality or state of being mortal |
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 |
Postal Rate Commission | an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates |
mortality table | an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc |
infant school | British school for children aged - |
baby babe infant | a very young child (birth to year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk, the baby began to cry again, she held the baby in her arms, it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different |
child prodigy infant prodigy wonder child | a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age, Mozart was a child prodigy |
foundling abandoned infant | a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown |
liveborn infant | infant who shows signs of life after birth |
low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |
neonate newborn newborn infant newborn baby | a baby from birth to four weeks |
postmature infant | infant born after weeks of gestation, usually shows signs of placental insufficiency |
premature baby preterm baby premature infant preterm infant preemie premie | an infant that is born prior to weeks of gestation |
small-for-gestational-age infant SGA infant | an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age |
stillborn infant | infant who shows no signs of life after birth |
term infant | infant born at a gestational age between and completed weeks |
wild madder white madder white bedstraw infant's-breath false baby's breath Galium mollugo | Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers, naturalized in North America |
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 |
baud baud rate | (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits second) for modems |
maternal-infant bonding | the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth, maternal-infant bonding influences the child's psychological and physical development |
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 |
sudden infant death syndrome SIDS infant death crib death cot death | sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep |
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 |