to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella?
5.
to lend (money) at interest.
–verb (used without object)
6.
to make a loan or loans; lend.
—Idiom
7.
on loan,
a.
borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at
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one time?
b.
temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films.
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
2.
a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of anothe
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r thing and used as a standard or measure: at the rate of 60 miles an hour.
3.
a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of 10 cents a pound.
4.
price; cost: to cut rates on all home furnishings.
5.
degree of speed, progress, etc.: to work at a rapid rate.
6.
degree or comparative extent of action or procedure: the rate of increase in work output.
7.
relative condition or quality; grade, class, or sort.
8.
assigned position in any of a series of graded classes; rating.
9.
Insurance. the premium charge per unit of insurance.
10.
a charge by a common carrier for transportation, sometimes including certain services involved in rendering such transportation.
11.
a wage paid on a specified time basis: a salary figured on an hourly rate.
12.
a charge or price established in accordance with a scale or standard: hotel rates based on length of stay.
13.
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.
14.
Usually, rates.British.
a.
a tax on property for some local purpose.
b.
any tax assessed and paid to a local government, as any city tax or district tax.
–verb (used with object)
15.
to estimate the value or worth of; appraise: to rate a student's class performance.
16.
to esteem, consider, or account: He was rated one of the best writers around.
17.
to fix at a certain rate, as of charge or payment.
18.
to value for purposes of taxation or the like.
19.
to make subject to the payment of a certain rate or tax.
20.
to place in a certain rank, class, etc., as a ship or a sailor; give a specific rating to.
21.
to be considered or treated as worthy of; merit: an event that doesn't even rate a mention in most histories of the period.
22.
to arrange for the conveyance of (goods) at a certain rate.
–verb (used without object)
23.
to have value, standing, etc.: a performance that didn't rate very high in the competition.
24.
to have position in a certain class.
25.
to rank very high in estimation: The new teacher really rates with our class.
—Idiom
26.
at any rate,
a.
in any event; in any case.
b.
at least: It was a mediocre film, but at any rate there was
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one outstanding individual performance.
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