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• figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation.
• most people walk at an average rate of five kilometres an hour.
• the number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate.
• at the rate you work, you'll never finish!

rate

1. a measurement of the speed at which something happens
• SEE ALSO burn rate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/burn-rate
• Figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation.
• Most people walk at an average rate of five kilometres an hour.
• The number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate.
• At the rate you work, you'll never finish!

Extra Examples

• The costs of the project are rising at an alarming rate.
• The deficit has recently exceeded the peak rates of the 1980s.
• The water was escaping at a rate of 200 gallons a minute.
• We need to eat less as we get older and our metabolic rate slows down.
• the slow rate of change
• trying to hold down the rate of inflation
2. a measurement of the number of times something happens or something does something during a particular period
• SEE ALSO birth rate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/birth-rate
• We have seen a reduction in the crime rate over the last 12 months.
• a high success/failure rate
• the youth unemployment rate
• His pulse rate dropped suddenly.
• a high/low/rising rate of unemployment
• Local businesses are closing at the rate of three a year.

Extra Examples

• Medical students had a high dropout rate.
• Michigan's high-school graduation rate
• The US has doubled its rate of recycling in ten years.
• The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in December stood at 5%.
• There is a low survival rate among babies born before 22 weeks.
• anxiety over rising divorce rates
• the accident rate per 10 000 flight hours
• the rate of salmonella infections
3. a fixed amount of money that is charged or paid for something
• SEE ALSO bank rate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bank-rate
• advertising/insurance/postal rates
• A rise in interest rates tends to reduce inflation.
• The euro exchange rate is strengthening.
• He argued for a reduction in the top tax rate.
• We offer special reduced rates for students.
• to cut/reduce/increase/raise interest rates
• a low/high hourly rate of pay
• the basic rate of tax (= the lowest amount that is paid by everyone)
• We had to borrow money at a high rate of interest.
• a fixed-rate mortgage (= one in which the amount of money paid back each month is fixed for a particular period)
• a premium-rate phone number (= one that costs more than the usual rate to call)

Extra Examples

• We have a wide range of vehicles available for hire at competitive rates.
• They charge the usual rate of interest.
• Their hourly rates have gone up.
• The account offers a poor rate of interest.
• Standard rates of interest apply to these loans.
• Mortgage rates jumped to 15%.
• I'll pay you at the going rate.
• I pay the top rate of tax.
• Global banks have pegged interest rates at 1%.
• Exchange rates are fluctuating wildly.
• Ask about the special group rates for entrance to the museum.
• Borrowers want protection against rising interest rates.
• Calls are cheap rate after 6 p.m.
• We will hold these rates until 1 April.
• You can opt to pay a flat rate for unlimited internet access.
• a one-point rise in base lending rates
• an increase in the rate of taxation
• borrowing money at a high rate of interest
• credit companies that charge extortionate rates of interest
• current market rates for borrowing
• the average rate for an unskilled worker
• The bank has announced a cut in interest rates.
• The bank offered us a fixed-rate mortgage
• The glossy magazines charge very high advertising rates.
• The job has a very low hourly rate of pay.
• They are on the basic rate of tax.
• We were forced to borrow the money at an extortionately high rate of interest.
• What is the going rate for bar work?
• safe investments which give a good rate of return
4. a tax paid by businesses to a local authority for land and buildings that they use
• SEE ALSO first-rate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/first-rate
5. used to say that a particular fact is true despite what has happened in the past or what may happen in the future
• Well, that's one good piece of news at any rate.
• I may be away on business next week but at any rate I'll be back by Friday.
6. used to show that you are being more accurate about something that you have just said
• He said he'll be coming tomorrow. At any rate, I think that's what he said.
7. used to show that what you have just said is not as important as what you are going to say
• There were maybe 60 or 70 people there. At any rate, the room was packed.
8. very quickly
• She's getting through her winnings at a rate of knots.
9. used to say what will happen if a particular situation continues to develop in the same way
• At this rate, we'll soon be bankrupt.
10. the usual amount of money paid for goods or services at a particular time
• They pay slightly more than the going rate.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (expressing a notion of ‘estimated value’): from Old French, from medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte (or portione) ‘according to the proportional share’), from ratus ‘reckoned’, past participle of reri.