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Rate Meaning, Examples, and Common Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：speed or frequency (rate)

rate 🔊

/reɪt/

How fast or slow something happens, or how many times it happens in a certain period.

Rate meaning speed: car speedometer at 60 mph on highway

speed or frequency 🔊

➕

/spiːd ɔːr ˈfriːkwənsi/

The measure of how often something occurs or how fast it changes over a unit of time.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'rata' (fixed, proportion), related to 'ratio'.

💡 Mnemonic

Rate rhymes with 'straight' - a straight line on a graph shows speed or cost.

📖 Example

Her heart rate increased when she started running. 🔊 Her heart speed went up when she began to run.

🔗 Collocations

heart rate – the speed of the heartbeat

growth rate – the speed of increase over time

success rate – the percentage of successful attempts

🔄 Synonyms

speed (n.) – how fast something moves or happens

pace (n.) – the speed at which something progresses

frequency (n.) – how often something occurs

🚫 Antonyms

slowness (n.) – the quality of being slow

infrequency (n.) – the state of not happening often

🌱 Derivatives

rating (n.) – a classification or evaluation

ratio (n.) – a proportional relationship between two quantities

📖 Cultural Story

Originates from Latin 'pro rata' meaning 'according to the proportion'. Used in finance, statistics, and everyday language to denote speed, cost, or frequency.

Meaning 2：price or charge (rate)

rate 🔊

/reɪt/

The amount of money charged for a service, for using something, or for borrowing money, usually calculated for a set period or unit.

Rate meaning price: hotel room price list with nightly rates

price or charge 🔊

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/praɪs ɔːr tʃɑːrdʒ/

The amount of money charged for a service or usage, often per unit time or item.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The hotel offers special discount rates for students during the summer. 🔊 The hotel gives cheaper prices for students in the summer.

🔗 Collocations

interest rate – the percentage charged on borrowed money

exchange rate – the value of one currency against another

tax rate – the percentage of income or goods paid as tax

🔄 Synonyms

fee (n.) – a fixed payment for a professional service

charge (n.) – the price demanded for a service or goods

price (n.) – the amount of money required to purchase something

🌱 Derivatives

rating (n.) – a level of quality or value

overrate (v.) – to value too highly

underrate (v.) – to value too low