English-Spanish translations for rate

• calificar
  ¿Quién va a calificar a las agencias de calificación? Who is going to rate the credit agencies?
  Es difícil predecir cómo calificará finalmente la historia el primer día de mayo de 2004. It is difficult to predict how history will eventually rate the first day of May in 2004.
  ¿Cómo calificaría usted el rendimiento educativo de un alumno que obtiene una nota de 3,8 sobre 10 en una materia importante? How would you rate the educational performance of a pupil scoring 3.8 out of 10 in a core subject?
• cotización
  La estabilidad del valor del dinero en Eurolandia y la estabilidad de la cotización exterior del euro son efectivamente inseparables. Monetary stability in the euro area and the external exchange rate stability of the euro are inextricably linked.
  Me opongo rotundamente a la ampliación de la cotización obligatoria de un tipo normal mínimo del IVA del 15 % por un periodo adicional de cinco años. I strongly oppose the extension of the mandatory levy of a minimum standard VAT rate of 15% for a further five years.
  El BCE no hace nada por la cotización del euro, notoriamente sobrevalorado, que pesa sobre nuestras exportaciones y facilita aún más las importaciones a bajo precio. The ECB does nothing for the rate of the euro, which is notoriously overvalued, is a drain on our exports and still facilitates low-price imports.
• impuesto
  Tipos reducidos del impuesto sobre el valor añadido ( Reduced rates of value added tax (
  Tipos reducidos del impuesto sobre el valor añadido (debate) Reduced rates of value added tax (debate)
  El moderado impuesto Tobin no causaría grandes problemas de evasión de impuestos. The low rate Tobin tax would not cause tax-recycling problems.
• proporción
  Actualmente la proporción de mujeres que tiene trabajo remunerado varía entre el 38 y el 71 por ciento en Europa. Today the employment rate for women ranges from 38 to 71 percent in Europe.
  Las trabajadoras sexuales deberían tener acceso a un asesoramiento jurídico asequible para así aumentar la proporción de condenas. Sex workers should have access to affordable legal advice so as to increase the conviction rate.
  Esta es la razón por la que saludo el hecho de que la mayor parte se vaya a gastar en una proporción de hasta el 50% en lugar del 75%. That is why I welcome that fact that most of it will be spent at the rate of 50% rather than 75%.
• tasa
  Solo mantenemos una tasa, la tasa anual equivalente. We retain only one rate, the overall effective annual rate.
  Se trata de la tasa más elevada registrada en el mundo. That is the highest rate recorded worldwide.
  Una tasa cero es una cifra concreta. A zero rate is a specific figure.
• velocidad
  El volumen de trabajo aumenta a gran velocidad. The workload is increasing at a ferocious rate.
  El índice de mortalidad crece a una velocidad alarmante. The number of deaths is rising at an alarming rate.
  No tengo la impresión de que las políticas públicas cambien a la misma velocidad. I do not have the impression that public policies are changing at the same rate.

Definition of rate

• The worth of something; value.
• The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
• Speed.
• The relative speed of change or progress.
• The price of thing; cost.
• A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
• A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time
• Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
• A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank
• Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration
• Order; arrangement
• Ratification; approval
• The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time
• To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level
• To evaluate or estimate the value of
• To consider or regard
• To deserve; to be worth
• To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device
• To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation
• To have position (in a certain class
• To have value or standing
• To ratify
• To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of as compared with true time
• To berate, scold

Examples

• At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year
• The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate
• The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing
• He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport
• Postal rates here are low
• We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience
• I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates
• This textbook is first-rate
• daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
• She is rated fourth in the country.
• They rate his talents highly.
• He rated this book brilliant.
• The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
• The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
• The customers dont rate the new burgers.
• She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
• He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
• This last performance of hers didnt rate very high with the judges.

Related words

• accurate
• extraterrestrial
• inaccurate
• operate
• temperate
• separate
• regenerate
• invigorate
• liberate