rate

Definition

The worth of something; value.

Etymology

From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).

Example Sentences

• "There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet."
• "His natural parts were not of the first rate, but he had greatly improved them by a learned education."
• "At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year."