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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The infection rate would probably have been higher had more sensitive techniques, such as molecular tools, been used. Animals that ate the third soft, which contained more organic matter than the other two did, had the same infection rate as hamsters that ate the prion-brain mix. From four to six weeks to six months, the HIV infection rate among the exclusively breastfed group was 4. |
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