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Plural of rate

regular plural

The plural of rate is rates.

Forms of rate

Singularrate /ɹeɪt/
Pluralrates /ɹeɪts/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Rates in a sentence

  • Postal rates here are low.
  • I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
  • The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government.From the entry snowball
  • Nonetheless, it did not stop the Fed from cutting rates last Thursday.From the entry rates
  • Historically, a rise in interest rates slows the rate of inflation.From the entry historically

Meaning of rate

  1. noun The worth of something; value.
  2. noun The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
  3. noun Speed.

Full definition of rate

Questions about the plural of rate

What is the plural of rate?
The plural of rate is rates.
Is rate countable?
Rate is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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