rates

See also: Rates and ratés

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪts/
• Rhymes: -eɪts

Noun

rates

1. plural of rate

Noun

rates pl (plural only)

1. (British, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong) Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.
2. (informal) Abbreviation of interest rates.

   Nonetheless, it did not stop the Fed from cutting rates last Thursday.

Derived terms

• ratepayer

Translations

a local government tax on property

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 差餉 / 差饷 (caai¹ hoeng²)

  Mandarin: 差餉 / 差饷 (chāxiǎng)

• Maori: reiti

Verb

rates

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rate

Anagrams

• teras, -aster, reast, earst, treas., taser, setar, stare, TASer, aster-, arste, Stear, sater, stear, aster, tares, Satre, tarse, Sater, arets, tears, resat, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts, Taser

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

rates

1. plural of rats

Etymology 2

Verb

rates

1. second-person singular present indicative of ratar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁat/

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Noun

rates f

1. plural of rate

Verb

rates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rater

Anagrams

• astre, resta, stéra, tares, tersa

Ladin

Noun

rates

1. plural of rata

Verb

rates

1. second-person singular present indicative of rater
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of rater

Latin

Noun

ratēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ratis

Portuguese

Verb

rates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ratar