{
    "term": "rate",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a measurement of the speed at which something happens",
            "sensetop": "rate (of something)at a/the rate of somethingat a… raterate (that)…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation.",
                    "contextForm": "rate (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people walk at an average rate of five kilometres an hour.",
                    "contextForm": "at a/the rate of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate.",
                    "contextForm": "at a… rate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the rate you work, you'll never finish!",
                    "contextForm": "rate (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The costs of the project are rising at an alarming rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The deficit has recently exceeded the peak rates of the 1980s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The water was escaping at a rate of 200 gallons a minute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to eat less as we get older and our metabolic rate slows down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the slow rate of change"
                },
                {
                    "text": "trying to hold down the rate of inflation"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["constant", "expected", "regular"],
                "verb + rate": ["accelerate", "improve", "increase"],
                "rate + verb": ["be up", "go up", "shoot up"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the rate", "rate of", "rate per"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a measurement of the number of times something happens or something does something during a particular period",
            "sensetop": "rate of somethingat a/the rate of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We have seen a reduction in the **crime rate** over the last 12 months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a high **success/failure rate**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the youth **unemployment rate**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His pulse rate dropped suddenly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **high/low/rising rate** of unemployment",
                    "contextForm": "rate of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local businesses are closing at the rate of three a year.",
                    "contextForm": "at a/the rate of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Medical students had a high dropout rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Michigan's high-school graduation rate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The US has doubled its rate of recycling in ten years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December stood at 5%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a low survival rate among babies born before 22 weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "anxiety over rising divorce rates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the accident rate per 10 000 flight hours"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rate of salmonella infections"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["constant", "expected", "regular"],
                "verb + rate": ["accelerate", "improve", "increase"],
                "rate + verb": ["be up", "go up", "shoot up"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the rate", "rate of", "rate per"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a fixed amount of money that is charged or paid for something",
            "sensetop": "rate of somethingat a rate (of something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "advertising/insurance/postal rates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A rise in **interest rates** tends to reduce inflation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The euro **exchange rate** is strengthening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He argued for a reduction in the top **tax rate**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer special **reduced rates** for students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **cut/reduce/increase/raise** interest **rates**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **low/high** hourly **rate of pay**",
                    "contextForm": "rate of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the basic **rate of tax** *(= the lowest amount that is paid by everyone)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had to borrow money at a high **rate of interest**.",
                    "contextForm": "at a rate (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **premium-rate** phone number *(= one that costs more than the usual rate to call)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have a wide range of vehicles available for hire at competitive rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They charge the usual rate of interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their hourly rates have gone up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The account offers a poor rate of interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Standard rates of interest apply to these loans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mortgage rates jumped to 15%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll pay you at the going rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I pay the top rate of tax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Global banks have pegged interest rates at 1%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exchange rates are fluctuating wildly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ask about the special group rates for entrance to the museum."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Borrowers want protection against rising interest rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Calls are cheap-rate after 6 p.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will hold these rates until 1 April."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can opt to pay a flat rate for unlimited internet access."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a one-point rise in base lending rates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase in the rate of taxation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "borrowing money at a high rate of interest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "credit companies that charge extortionate rates of interest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "current market rates for borrowing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the average rate for an unskilled worker"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank has announced a cut in interest rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The glossy magazines charge very high advertising rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The job has a very low hourly rate of pay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are on the basic rate of tax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were forced to borrow the money at an extortionately high rate of interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is the going rate for farm work?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "safe investments which give a good rate of return"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cheap", "competitive", "low"],
                "verb + rate": ["determine", "fix", "peg"],
                "rate + verb": ["climb", "go up", "increase"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the rate", "rate for", "rate of"],
                "phrases": ["a drop in rates", "a rise in rates", "a rate of return"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a tax paid by businesses to a local authority for land and buildings that they use",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cheap", "competitive", "low"],
                "verb + rate": ["determine", "fix", "peg"],
                "rate + verb": ["climb", "go up", "increase"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the rate", "rate for", "rate of"],
                "phrases": ["a drop in rates", "a rise in rates", "a rate of return"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say that a particular fact is true despite what has happened in the past or what may happen in the future",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Well, that's one good piece of news at any rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I may be away on business next week but at any rate I'll be back by Friday."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to show that you are being more accurate about something that you have just said",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He said he'll be coming tomorrow. At any rate, I think that's what he said."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to show that what you have just said is not as important as what you are going to say",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There were maybe 60 or 70 people there. At any rate, the room was packed."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very quickly",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's getting through her winnings at a rate of knots."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say what will happen if a particular situation continues to develop in the same way",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At this rate, we'll soon be bankrupt."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the usual amount of money paid for goods or services at a particular time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They pay slightly more than the going rate."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪt/",
                "audio": "ra/rate/rate__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪt/",
                "audio": "ra/rate/rate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (expressing a notion of ‘estimated value’): from Old French, from medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte (or portione) ‘according to the proportional share’), from ratus ‘reckoned’, past participle of reri."
}