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		Definition of water rate in English: water ratenoun usually water ratesA charge made for the use of a public water supply.  Example sentencesExamples -  Critics say that instead of forming strategies, Scotland's business rates, water rates and regulations should be cut back to allow business to flourish.
 -  It is unacceptable, considering the way water rates are going up all the time.
 -  With tax on profits, more than £25 for every £100 paid in water rates will go to shareholders and the Government!
 -  Business rates, water rates and transport are three issues frequently mentioned where Scotland is at a disadvantage to its larger neighbour in the south.
 -  As a result of the severe flooding particularly on Wednesday and Thursday many people are demanding a public meeting and a reduction of water rates.
 -  Prospective buyers are also helped with information on local taxes, water rates and utility costs.
 -  Residents could either be given a one-time charge on their utility bill or include the installation cost in the basic water rate.
 -  The rebellion, which shut the city down for four days, was sparked after the foreign-owned water corporation raised Cochabamba's water rates 35 percent.
 -  This is especially true when they also pay water rates and refuse collection charges, which local authority rates were originally meant to cover.
 -  It is chiefly because of this programme that the firm proposes to increase water rates by 39 per cent over a five year period beginning this autumn.
 -  By 2003, some small businesses had seen their water rates rise by 500%.
 -  He is expected to accept that water rates are too high, that business rates are a problem, and that growth remains stubbornly below UK averages.
 -  I was told this is because I have central heating and the water rates are connected to the general rates.
 -  Yet business leaders see no attempt to ease rising business rates, water rates and increasing red tape, which have been among the principal concerns for some time.
 -  Planning has been on the organisation's agenda for some time, though it has tended to overshadowed by the row over business and water rates.
 -  She then used the forged cheques to invest in a building society, to buy a double bed and to pay her water rates and television licence.
 -  They've put the water rates up but they can't seem to come and clean the street properly.
 -  One option, he said, was to find a system that would attract road-users voluntarily, as water meters were introduced as a voluntary alternative to blanket water rates.
 -  I have fallen behind with my water rates and have been threatened with disconnection - can they do this?
 -  And the Government would be spared annual maintenance expenses, and would collect building taxes and water rates.
 
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