Rates (tax)
Rates are a type of property tax system in the United Kingdom, and in places with systems deriving from the British one, the proceeds of which are used to fund local government. Some other countries have taxes with a more or less comparable role ...
, a type of taxation system in the United Kingdom used to fund local government
* Exchange rate, rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another
Mathematics and science
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Rate (mathematics)
In mathematics, a rate is the ratio between two related quantities in different units. If the denominator of the ratio is expressed as a single unit of one of these quantities, and if it is assumed that this quantity can be changed systematicall ...
, a specific kind of ratio, in which two measurements are related to each other (often with respect to time)
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Rate function
In mathematics — specifically, in large deviations theory — a rate function is a function used to quantify the probabilities of rare events. It is required to have several properties which assist in the formulation of the large deviati ...
, a function used to quantify the probabilities of a rare event
* Reaction rate, in chemistry the speed at which reactants are converted into products
Military
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Naval rate
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It inc ...
, a junior enlisted member of a navy
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Rating system of the Royal Navy
The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assi ...
, a former method of indicating a British warship's firepower
People
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Ed Rate
Ed, ed or ED may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc
* Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media
* ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran fro ...
(1899–1990), American football player
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José Carlos Rates
José Carlos Rates (19 February 1879 – 21 January 1961) was the first General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party, after the Party's foundation in 1921. Rates was chosen, in 1923, to lead the Party by the delegate of the Communist Intern ...
(1879–1945), General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party
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Peter of Rates
Peter of Rates ( pt, Pedro de Rates), also known in English as Peter of Braga, is traditionally considered to be the first bishop of Braga between the years AD 45 and 60. Tradition says he was ordered to preach the Christian faith by James th ...
(died 60 AD), traditionally considered to be the first bishop of Braga
Other uses
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Rate (building)
The Building Act 1774 (formally known as the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774) was an Act passed in 1774 by the Parliament of Great Britain to consolidate earlier legislation and to regulate the design and construction of new buildings in ...
, the class of a building in late Georgian and early Victorian construction standards
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Rates (Póvoa de Varzim)
Rates () is a Portuguese parish and a former township located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. The population in 2011 was 2,505,RATE project, a young earth creationism research project
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Rate of change (disambiguation) Rate of change may refer to:
* Rate of change (mathematics), either average rate of change or instantaneous rate of change
** Instantaneous rate of change, rate of change at a given instant in time
* Rate of change (technical analysis), a simple t ...
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