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English
Pronunciation
Noun
rates
- plural of rate
Noun
rates pl (plural only)
- (British, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong) Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.
Derived terms
Translations
a local government tax on property
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 差餉／差饷 (caai1 hoeng2)
- Mandarin: 差餉／差饷 (chāxiǎng)
- Maori: reiti
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Verb
rates
- third-person singular simple present indicative of rate
Anagrams
- teras, -aster, reast, earst, treas., taser, setar, stare, TASer, aster-, arste, Stear, sater, stear, aster, tares, Satre, tarse, Sater, arets, tears, resat, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts, Taser
Catalan
Etymology 1
Noun
rates
- plural of rats
Etymology 2
Verb
rates
- second-person singular present indicative of ratar
French
Pronunciation
Noun
rates f
- plural of rate
Verb
rates
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rater
Anagrams
Ladin
Noun
rates
- plural of rata
Verb
rates
- second-person singular present indicative of rater
- second-person singular present subjunctive of rater
Latin
Noun
ratēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ratis
Portuguese
Verb
rates
- second-person singular present subjunctive of ratar