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rate

n. 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"

rate

n. 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"

rate, charge per unit

n. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"

pace, rate

n. the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"

rate

v. be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"

rate, value

v. estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"

rate, rank, range, order, grade, place

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

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levy

n. a charge imposed and collected

assessment

n. an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership"

incidence, relative incidence

n. the relative frequency of occurrence of something

quantum

n. (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)

apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise

v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

codify

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

consider

v. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

admire, look up to

v. feel admiration for

honor, honour, reward

v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"

reverence, fear, revere, venerate

v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

decree

v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

announce, declare

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

pronounce, label, judge

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

group with, range with

v. group with

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