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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 noun amount, assessment, charge, cost, expense, fare, fee, hire, magno, obligation, pace, parvo emere, price, quotation, standard, tempo, valuation, value, velocity, worth Associated concepts: legal rate of interest, rate of exchange rate verb aestimare, appraise, apprize, assess, class, classify, compute, determine, esteem, estimate, evaluate, figure, fix the price of, gauge, grade, judge, measure, merit, price, quantify, rank, reckon, set a value on, tag, value, weigh See also: amount, appraise, arrange, assess, assessment, calculate, caliber, charge, classify, cost, criticize, differential, duty, earnings, estimate, evaluate, expense, face amount, frequency, gauge, inveigh, levy, measure, organize, par, pigeonhole, price, quality, rebuke, reprehend, sum, tax, worth 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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Anesthesiologists Gian Paolo Volpato and Fumito Ichinose and their colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston recently confirmed the Seattle findings: Both heart rate and respiration rate in lab mice fell by more than half, and body temperature plunged to barely above ambient temperature when the animals were exposed to hydrogen sulfide. has developed a breathable membrane for fresh produce bags that has a built-in temperature-activated "switch" that adjusts its permeability to oxygen and CO2 to compensate for the increased respiration rate of produce as it gets warmer. 0[degrees] F; blood pressure, 134/74 mm Hg; pulse rate, 119 beats per minute; respiration rate, 18 breaths per minute; and oxygen saturation, 94%. |
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