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Meaning of "rates" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RATES

rates  [reɪts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rates is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rates in the English dictionary

The definition of rates in the dictionary is a tax levied on property by a local authority.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATES


Bates
beɪts
carbohydrates
ˌkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪts
cates
keɪts
dates
deɪts
dictates
ˈdɪkteɪts
Fates
feɪts
floodgates
ˈflʌdɡeɪts
Gates
ɡeɪts
Greats
ɡreɪts
States
steɪts
straits
streɪts
waits
weɪts
Yeats
jeɪts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATES

rate collector
rate of exchange
rate of flow
rate of growth
rate of return
rate rebate
rate-cap
rate-capped
rate-capping
rateability
rateable
rateable value
rateableness
rateably
rateen
ratel
ratemeter
ratepayer
rater
ratfink

WORDS THAT END LIKE RATES

Cartesian coordinates
Coates
coordinates
Council of States
Hippocrates
nates
Oates
particulates
Pilates
polar coordinates
privates
room rates
separates
Socrates
the Gulf States
the states
United Arab Emirates
United Arab States
United States
Virgin Islands of the United States

Synonyms and antonyms of rates in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RATES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rates» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rates

Translation of «rates» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATES

Find out the translation of rates to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rates from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rates» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

利率
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tasas
570 millions of speakers

English

rates
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक्सचेंज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معدلات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ставки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

taxas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Raten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

料金
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விகிதங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oranları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tariffe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stawki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ставки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ratele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τιμές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tariewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

priserna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

priser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rates

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATES»

The term «rates» is very widely used and occupies the 2.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rates

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10 QUOTES WITH «RATES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rates.
1
Shawn Achor
Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.
2
Jim Bankoff
When you invest in high-quality brands, it pays off with high-quality audiences and, ultimately, high-quality advertising rates.
3
Madisen Beaty
Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.
4
Gary Becker
My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.
5
Ben Bernanke
The tax code is very inefficient. Both the personal tax code and the corporate tax code. By closing loopholes and lowering rates, you could increase the efficiency of the tax code and create more incentives for people to invest.
6
Sam Brownback
I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.
7
Lois Capps
Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.
8
James Chanos
Increasingly, the real estate developers can't get bank loans for their project financing in China. They're now going into the Hong Kong market to raise money in the bond market at very, very high rates, as high as 15, 20 percent.
9
Mario Draghi
Interest rates do not have to be identical across the whole euro area, but it is unacceptable if major differences arise from broken capital markets or concern about a euro area break-up.
10
Esther Duflo
For millions of girls around the world, motherhood comes too early. Those who bear children as adolescents suffer higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, and their children are more likely to die in infancy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATES»

Discover the use of rates in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rates and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A History of Interest Rates
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Sidney Homer, Richard Sylla, 2011
2
Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates
The Handbook provides rate constant and half-life ranges for various processes and combines them into ranges for different media (air, groundwater, surface water, soils), which can be directly entered into various models.
Philip H. Howard, 1991
3
Exchange Rates and Inflation
Collected for the first time in Exchange Rates and Inflation, twenty-two articles are gathered in four parts covering exchange rate theory, special topics in exchange rate economics, equilibrium real exchange rates, and inflation and ...
Rudiger Dornbusch, 1991
4
PDCA Cost and Estimating Guide - Volume II: Rates and Tables
A new window chart makes it easier than ever to price this important item. Material usage rates and the idientification of additional job costs are also discussed.
‎2003
5
Exchange Rates and Corporate Performance
This is a reprint of a previously published book. It consists of a series of papers by experts in the field on how the exchange rate volatility of the 1980s affected the financial policies of international firms.
Yakov Amihud, Richard M. Levich, 2003
6
Principles of Water Rates, Fees, and Charges
This new edition consolidates and updates information from four earlier rate manuals into one easy-to-use resource.
‎2000
7
Building Material Estimates and Rates Build Up
Building Estimates and Rates build up provides a solution to such a problem.The book provides a solution in that it brings together pure mathematics and practical estimation, to avoid a situation whereby students end up failing to realize ...
Moremi Mareka, 2009
8
Chemical Kinetics: The Study of Reaction Rates in Solution
Chemical Kinetics The Study of Reaction Rates in Solution Kenneth A. Connors This chemical kinetics book blends physical theory, phenomenology and empiricism to provide a guide to the experimental practice and interpretation of reaction ...
Kenneth Antonio Connors, 1990
9
PSA schedule of rates for building works
This is the first new edition for five years and can be used for both new and maintenance work.
Carillion Services, 2004
10
Determinants of Crime Rates in Latin America and the World: ...
A growing concern in most regions of the world is the heightened incidence of criminal and violent behavior, especially in the Latin American and Caribbean Region.
Pablo Fajnzylber, Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rates is used in the context of the following news items.
1
End of cheap mortgage boom as big banks raise rates
Banks and building societies will begin to withdraw their best mortgage deals next week as home owners scramble to beat the rise in interest rates this winter. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Bank of England MPC unanimous on holding rates
All nine Bank of England policymakers voted to hold interest rates at 0.5% in July, minutes of the meeting show. However, there were signs some Monetary ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Carney indicates interest rates may rise at 'turn of year'
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has indicated that UK interest rates could rise "at the turn of this year". In a speech he said that he expected rates to rise ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Highest rates in 9 months hits mortgage applications
Applications to refinance, which are most interest rate sensitive, fell 5 percent week-to-week to the lowest level since December of last year. They continue to ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
5
Mortgage rates rise as housing flourishes
Mortgage rates floated higher this week after the Federal Reserve signaled that at least one interest rate hike is on its way later this year. The uptick comes as ... «Bankrate.com, Jun 15»
6
Fed on track to hike interest rates
The Fed is on track to raise interest rates this year, and while it left the door open for a second hike in 2015 it is clearly still worried about the health of the ... «CNBC, Jun 15»
7
Mortgage Rates Top 4% in Test for Housing
Mortgage rates vaulted above 4% for the first time this year, posing a challenge to the housing market's strengthening recovery. For the week ended Thursday, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
8
Weekly mortgage applications jump as rates surge
The interest rate sharp jump to the highest level this year caused a sudden surge in mortgage applications. While that may seem counter-intuitive, there's a ... «CNBC, Jun 15»
9
Raising Graduation Rates With Questionable Quick Fixes
It's the nation's all-time-high rate for high school graduation in 2013, the most recent year of federal data. But the NPR Ed Team and reporters from member ... «NPR, Jun 15»
10
Why low rates are not good for equity returns
ONE of the most common bullish arguments for equities is that interest rates are low. The value of a share is the sum of its future cashflows, discounted back to ... «The Economist, Jun 15»

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