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rateable

rateable adjective: liable to incur the payment of rates.

Adjective

rateable (comparative more rateable, superlative most rateable)

  1. Liable to incur the payment of rates.
  2. Able to be evaluated with a rating.

Noun

rateable (plural rateables)

  1. A property whose value is assessed by an authority to determine the payment of rates.
    • […] proportion of all taxes paid by commercial and industrial rateables (not per household) […]1975, Edwin S. Mills, Wallace E. Oates, Fiscal Zoning and Land Use Controls: The Economic Issues (page 162)

Forms of rateable

Adjective
comparativemore rateable
superlativemost rateable
alternative formratable
Noun
pluralrateables

Origin of rateable

From rate + -able.

Words formed from rateable

Phrases with rateable

Questions about rateable

What does rateable mean?
Rateable means liable to incur the payment of rates.
What part of speech is rateable?
Rateable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near rateable in the dictionary

  1. rate-busters
  2. rate-of-climb indicator
  3. rate-of-climb indicators
  4. rateabilities
  5. rateability
  6. rateable
  7. rateable value
  8. rateable values
  9. rateables
  10. rateably
  11. ratebuster

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