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rating

noun
 
 
/ˈreɪ.tɪŋ/ US  /-t̬ɪŋ/

Definition

C1 [C or U] a measurement of how good or popular someone or something is: The government's popularity rating sank to an all-time low.Judgments and analyses ratings C2 [plural] a list of television and radio programmes showing how popular they are: Advertisers are interested in ratings. The serial has fallen in the ratings this week.TelevisionRadio
(Definition of rating noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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