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mate's rate

mate's rate is the singular of mates' rates.

Meaning of mates' rates

Noun

mates' rates

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, in plural, informal) Discounted prices offered to friends.
    • I looked at him quizzically. ‘It's Rose's place. She says pop in anytime for a hairdo. Mates' rates.’ I must have looked wary because he added, ‘She's good.’ I nodded politely.2014, Jonathan Harvey, The Girl Who Just Appeared, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 94

Forms of mate's rate

pluralmates' rates

Questions about mate's rate

What is mate's rate the singular of?
Mate's rate is the singular of mates' rates.

Words near mate's rate in the dictionary

  1. matchwoods
  2. matchy
  3. matchy-matchiness
  4. matchy-matchy
  5. mate
  6. mate's rate
  7. mateable
  8. mated
  9. matee
  10. Mateen
  11. Mateens

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