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rate

noun [C] (TAX)
 
 
/reɪt/

Definition

rates [plural] a local tax paid in Australia, and in Britain in the past, by the owners of houses and other buildingsTaxation
(Definition of rate noun (TAX) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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