Index of English words, starting with "ra"

(1) - Ratan (n.) See Rattan.

(1) - Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

(1) - Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.
(2) - Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

(1) - Rate (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
(2) - Rate (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
(3) - Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
(4) - Rate (n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
(5) - Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
(6) - Rate (n.) Order; arrangement.
(7) - Rate (v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
(8) - Rate (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
(9) - Rate (v. i.) To make an estimate.
(10) - Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
(11) - Rate (v. t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
(12) - Rate (v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
(13) - Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
(14) - Rate (v. t.) To ratify.
(15) - Rate (v. i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
(16) - Rate (n.) Ratification; approval.