Definitions for ratings

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ratings rat·ing

Spelling: [rey-ting]

IPA: /ˈreɪ tɪŋ/

Ratings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in ratings (aginrst).

Definitions for ratings

noun

1. classification according to grade or rank.
2. assigned position in a particular class or grade, or relative standing, as of a ship or a member of the armed forces.
3. the credit standing of a person or firm.
4. Radio, Television. a percentage indicating the number of listeners to or viewers of a specific program.
5. a designated operating limit for a machine, apparatus, etc., as of voltage, load, or frequency, based on specified conditions.
6. an amount fixed as a rate.
7. British. apportioning of a tax.
8. Chiefly British. one of the enlisted personnel in the British navy.
9. an angry reprimand or rebuke; scolding.
10. the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
11. a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing and used as a standard or measure:
12. a fixed charge per unit of quantity:
13. price; cost:
14. degree of speed, progress, etc.:
15. degree or comparative extent of action or procedure:
16. relative condition or quality; grade, class, or sort.
17. assigned position in any of a series of graded classes; rating.
18. Insurance. the premium charge per unit of insurance.
19. a charge by a common carrier for transportation, sometimes including certain services involved in rendering such transportation.
20. a wage paid on a specified time basis:
21. a charge or price established in accordance with a scale or standard:
22. Horology. the relative adherence of a timepiece to perfect timekeeping, measured in terms of the amount of time gained or lost within a certain period.
23. Usually, rates. British. a tax on property for some local purpose. any tax assessed and paid to a local government, as any city tax or district tax.

Idioms

1. at any rate, in any event; in any case. at least:

verb (used with object)

1. to estimate the value or worth of; appraise:
2. to esteem, consider, or account:
3. to fix at a certain rate, as of charge or payment.
4. to value for purposes of taxation or the like.
5. to make subject to the payment of a certain rate or tax.
6. to place in a certain rank, class, etc., as a ship or a sailor; give a specific rating to.
7. to be considered or treated as worthy of; merit:
8. to arrange for the conveyance of (goods) at a certain rate.

verb (used without object)

1. to have value, standing, etc.:
2. to have position in a certain class.
3. to rank very high in estimation:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to chide vehemently; scold.

Origin of ratings

First recorded in 1525-35; rate¹ + -ing¹

Examples for ratings

Not since he relinquished a mate's rating for that of a master.

However, first time Star Wars director J.J. Abrams has never made a film with any other rating.

Already his record and his rating kept him at base most of the time.

Generally, the better the rating, the lower the borrowing cost for the issuer.

She stood there waving her hand wildly and rating me for not returning her salaam.

Sweden explores new frontiers in our misguided, foolish, pointless obsession with rating and censoring entertainment.

And all the thanks he gets is a rating from the old housekeeper.

Critics swooned, with the Los Angeles Daily News giving it an “A” rating.

First, it will be best to state how the committee arrived at a rating.

We need leaders at every level — state, local and federal — to understand the lives of women matter more than their NRA rating.