- rate
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 speed/frequencyADJECTIVE▪ constant, expected, regular, steady, unchanged▪ slow▪
the slow rate of change
▪ fast, rapid▪ alarming, phenomenal▪The costs of the project are rising at an alarming rate.
▪ low▪There is a low survival rate among babies born before 22 weeks.
▪ elevated, high, increased▪ ever-increasing, rising▪anxiety over rising divorce rates
▪ success▪ divorce, marriage▪ death, fatality, mortality▪ recovery, survival▪ relapse▪ birth, fertility▪ accident▪ crime, murder, recidivism (technical, esp. AmE), suicide▪ jobless, unemployment▪ attrition (esp. AmE), dropout (esp. AmE), turnover▪Medical students had a high dropout rate.
▪ graduation (AmE)▪Michigan's high-school graduation rate
▪ growth, inflation▪ heart, metabolic, pulse, respiratory▪We need to eat less as we get older and our metabolic rate slows down.
VERB + RATE▪ accelerate, improve, increase, speed up▪ double▪The US has doubled its rate of recycling in ten years.
▪ cut, decrease, hold down, lower, reduce, slow down▪Educating girls has the effect of lowering birth rates.
▪ stabilize▪ maintain▪ calculate, determine, estimate, measure▪how to calculate your resting metabolic rate
RATE + VERB▪ be up, go up, shoot up▪ grow, increase, jump, rise, rocket, skyrocket, soar▪ be down, come down, go down▪ decline, decrease, drop, fall, plummet, plunge, slip, slowPREPOSITION▪ at a/the rate▪The water was escaping at a rate of 200 gallons a minute.
▪ rate of▪the rate of salmonella infections
▪ rate per▪the accident rate per 10 000 flight hours
2 amount of money paidADJECTIVE▪ cheap, competitive, low, moderate, reasonable▪We have a wide range of vehicles available for hire at competitive rates.
▪Calls are cheap rate after 6 p.m. (BrE)
▪ extortionate (esp. BrE), high▪credit companies that charge extortionate rates of interest
▪ rising▪Borrowers want protection against rising interest rates.
▪ excellent, good▪ poor▪The account offers a poor rate of interest.
▪ fixed, flat▪You can opt to pay a flat rate for unlimited Internet access.
▪ usual▪ going▪I'll pay you at the going rate (= the present usual rate of payment).
▪ variable▪ annual, hourly, weekly▪ base, basic, standard▪ top▪I pay the top rate of tax.
▪ average▪ market▪current market rates for borrowing
▪ group, preferential (esp. BrE)▪Ask about the special group rates for entrance to the museum.
▪ discounted, reduced▪ bank, exchange, interest, lending, mortgage, taxVERB + RATE▪ determine, fix, peg, set▪Global banks have pegged interest rates at 1%.
▪ hike, increase, lift, put up, raise▪ exceed▪The deficit has recently exceeded the peak rates of the 1980s.
▪ cut, halve, lower, reduce, slash▪ hold▪We will hold these rates until April.
▪ charge▪They charge the usual rate of interest.
▪ pay▪ give (sb), offer (sb)RATE + VERB▪ climb, go up, increase, jump, jump up, rise, shoot up▪Their hourly rates have gone up.
▪Mortgage rates jumped to 15%.
▪ come down, decline, dip, drop, fall, go down▪ differ, fluctuate, vary▪Exchange rates are fluctuating wildly.
▪ apply to sth▪Standard rates of interest apply to these loans.
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the rate▪money borrowed at a high rate of interest
▪ rate for▪the average rate for an unskilled worker
▪ rate of▪an increase in the rate of taxation
PHRASES▪ a drop in rates, a rise in rates▪a one-point rise in base lending rates
▪ a rate of return▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}safe investments which give a good rate of return
verbADVERB▪ highly▪Silver was rated more highly than gold.
▪ consistently▪This airport is consistently rated as the worst in the world.
PREPOSITION▪ among▪a golf course that is rated among the top ten in America
▪ as▪It is rated as one of the city's best hotels.
▪ for▪a university that is highly rated for its research work
PHRASES▪ rate sth on a scale▪The difficulty of each exercise is rated on a scale of 1 to 5.
Rate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑participant
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
