Rate

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Rate or rates may refer to:

  • Rate (mathematics), a specific kind of ratio, in which two measurements are related to each other
  • Naval rating, a term used to designate speciality or rank of naval officials
  • Rate of a ship, a term indicating a sail ship's firepower in the British Royal Navy
  • Rates, a Portuguese parish and town located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim
  • Bit rate, number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time
In math and finance
  • Rate function, a function used to quantify the probabilities of rare event
  • Rates (tax), a type of taxation system used to fund local government
  • Exchange rate, specifies how much one currency is worth in terms of the other
In human growth
  • Birth rate, the natality or childbirths per 1,000 people per year
  • Mortality rate, a measure of the number of deaths in some population


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