Rate Definition
- Whatever the case may be; in any case:
You should at any rate apologize.
- Used to indicate a revision or correction to a previous remark:
We were delighted, or at any rate satisfied, with the results.
- in any event; whatever happens
- at least; anyway
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rate
Origin of Rate
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From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide"), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with"), from Proto-Germanic *hratōnÄ… (“to sway, shake"), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing"). Cognate with Swedish rata (“to reject, refuse, find fault, slight"), Norwegian rata (“to reject, cast aside"), Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin rata proportion short for Latin (prō) ratā (parte) (according to a) fixed (part) from feminine ablative past participle of rērī to consider, reckon ar- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte, from ratus (“fixed"), from rÄ“rÄ« (“think, deem, judge, originally reckon, calculate").
From Wiktionary
Middle English raten perhaps of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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