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Value, measure, or degree; a charge, payment, or price determined through the application of a mathematical formula or based upon a scale or standard. For example, an interest rate is determined by the ratio between the principal and interest. Rate is also used synonymously with tax. RATE. A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay. Vide Pow. Mortg. Index, h.t.; Harr. Dig. h.t.; 1 Hopk. C. R. 87. |
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Between 1992 and 1997, the fertility rate among black teenagers in that city fell by 77% (from 165 to 38 births per 1,000 female students) in areas where public high schools had comprehensive health centers. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show fertility rates have halved since the early 1960s and life expectancy has increased each decade. The falling demographic trend in China (and Europe and Japan) contrasts with growth in the United States, which benefits from a fertility rate close to the replacement rate and high level of immigration. |
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