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rate

verb [T] (TAX)
 
 
/reɪt/ UK

Definition

In Britain in the past, a building was rated to decide how much local tax the owner should pay.Taxation
(Definition of rate verb (TAX) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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