rating
Other forms: ratings
A rating is a valuation or rank on a scale. Hotels are often ranked from zero to five stars, so a fancy hotel with loads of amenities (like a pool and plush bathrobes) will usually have a five-star rating.
A movie gets a rating based on which audience it’s appropriate for – as in, rated G for kids or rated R for adults. When a TV show gets good ratings, then a lot of people watch it. Before you buy an expensive item, like a bike or an appliance, you can read its ratings online, and once you've tried it out, you can provide your own rating.
Definitions of rating
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standing or position on a scale
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type of:
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standing
social or financial or professional status or reputation
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standing
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rank in a military organization
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synonyms:
military rank, military rating, paygrade
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an appraisal of the value of something
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synonyms:
evaluation, valuation
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types:
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overvaluation
too high a value or price assigned to something
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undervaluation
too low a value or price assigned to something
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pricing
the evaluation of something in terms of its price
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reevaluation
the evaluation of something a second time (or more)
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grade, mark, score
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
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bond rating
an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default
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price gouging
pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available
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grade point
a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course
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centile, percentile
(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
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decile
(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
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quartile
(statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
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type of:
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appraisal, assessment
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
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act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
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synonyms:
evaluation
Pronunciation
US
/ˈreɪdɪŋ/
UK
/ˈreɪtɪŋ/
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