rating
/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.
noun
A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.
Example Sentences
- "They have a poor credit rating."
- "A self-proclaimed source of mediation and unbiased ratings of millions of businesses across the country, the BBB receives the majority of its revenue from membership fees paid by hundreds of thousands of companies. […] But through its months-long investigation of the BBB, CNNMoney found that this rating system – a key part of what the organization’s reputation is built on – is seriously flawed, with more than 100 companies in hot water with government agencies receiving A ratings"
- "He has a high chess rating."
- "A rating, at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them."
- "Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok."
- "In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
Usage
- British usage