a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of something else

a charge, payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard

speed of movement, change, development, etc

a fixed ratio between two things

(usu in pl) a tax levied by a British local authority, based on property values

to assign (somebody or something) a relative rank or class to

to assign a rate to (e.g. a job or property)

to consider (somebody or something) to be of a particular standard

She was rated an excellent pianist

to deserve or be worthy of (something)

informal to think highly of (somebody or something)

to be estimated at a specified level

This rates as one of the best shows ever staged