ratal
ratal noun: a traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.
Noun (1)
ratal (plural ratals or irtal)
- A traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.
- The maximum price for locally grown produce was 4 pence a ratal for tomatoes, 6 pence a ratal for onions, 11 pence a ratal for potatoes, and 7 pence a ratal for cabbages.2012, Dennis Angelo Castillo, The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in Wartime Malta, 1940-1942
Adjective
ratal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a rate of taxation.
- So prominent, however, was now the position of the Local Taxation question, that the new Prime Minister had scarcely assumed office ere he emphatically endorsed the very arguments for reform so long urged by ratal reformers […]1874, Patrick George Craigie, An Address on Local Taxation Reform, delivered to the Essex Chamber of Agriculture, at Chelmsford, 23rd October, 1874
- Valuable as much of the matter thus collected undoubtedly proved itself, and great as was the ability and industry which marked the compilation of its exhaustive tables, the effect of this report as designed to meet the complaints against ratal taxation, was scarcely so great as was probably...1877, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 40, page 264
Noun (2)
ratal (plural ratals)
- The amount on which a tax rate is assessed.
- We have to provide for increased and increasing ratals and assessments.1907 August 24, The Economist, volume 65, page 1443
- To encourage United States private investments abroad, the President proposed that incomes from such ventures be taxed at a rate 14 per cent below corporate ratals in the United States […]1954, The Magazine of Wall Street and Business Analyst
ratal meaning in Tamil
ratal in Tamil
- வரிகள் விதிக்கத்தக்க தொகை, வரிவிதிப்பிற்குரிய
Examples of ratal in a sentence
- Nominee managers (gentlemen with a personal ratal qualification over £100) “represented liberality” and were intended to take a “wider view” of the MAB's responsibilities.2017, Matthew Newsom Kerr, Contagion, Isolation, and Biopolitics in Victorian London:
- The land tax ratal is obtained by applying the land tax figure to the unit value.1963, Werner Kroth, Systems of Forest Taxation and Tax Impact Upon Private Forestry in Several European Countries:
Forms of ratal
| plural | ratals |
|---|---|
| plural | irtal |
Questions about ratal
- What does ratal mean?
- Ratal means a traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.
- What is ratal in Tamil?
- Ratal in Tamil is வரிகள் விதிக்கத்தக்க தொகை, வரிவிதிப்பிற்குரிய. See Ratal meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use ratal in a sentence?
- Nominee managers (gentlemen with a personal ratal qualification over £100) “represented liberality” and were intended to take a “wider view” of the MAB's responsibilities.
- What part of speech is ratal?
- Ratal can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of ratal?
- The plural of ratal is ratals.
Words near ratal in the dictionary
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