First-rate (a.) Of the highest excellence |
First-rate (n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. |
Rate (v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence |
Rate (n.) Established portion or measure |
Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion |
Rate (n.) Valuation |
Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value |
Rate (n.) Order |
Rate (n.) Ratification |
Rate (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time |
Rate (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc. |
Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc. |
Rate (v. t.) To set a certain estimate on |
Rate (v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. |
Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of |
Rate (v. t.) To ratify. |
Rate (v. i.) To be set or considered in a class |
Rate (v. i.) To make an estimate. |
Second-rate (a.) Of the second size, rank, quality, or value |
Water rate () A rate or tax for a supply of water. |
Wear (n.) Same as Weir. |
Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side |
Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person |
Wear (v. t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner |
Wear (v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self |
Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like |
Wear (v. t.) To cause or make by friction or wasting |
Wear (v. t.) To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. |
Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use |
Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used |
Wear (n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn |
Wear (n.) The thing worn |
Wear (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. |
Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. |
Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. |
wear wearing | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment, she bought it for everyday wear |
clothing article of clothing vesture wear wearable habiliment | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
handwear hand wear | clothing for the hands |
leisure wear | informal clothing designed to be worn when you are relaxing |
ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
sportswear athletic wear activewear | attire worn for sport or for casual wear |
wash-and-wear | a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing |
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 |
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 |
depreciation wear and tear | decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use |
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 |
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 |
wear | impairment resulting from long use, the tires showed uneven wear |
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 |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |
inflation rate rate of inflation | the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis |
metabolic rate | rate of metabolism, the amount of energy expended in a give period |
pulse pulse rate heart rate | the rate at which the heart beats, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
rate of return | the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost |
respiratory rate rate of respiration | the rate at which a person inhales and exhales, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |