noun

 

how many how often something happens, or how many people something happens to

the birth rate

 

money a fixed amount of money given for something

the interest/exchange rate

 

speed the speed at which something happens

the rate of progress

 

verb

 

judge to judge the quality or ability of someone or something

How do you rate her as a singer?

 

deserve to deserve something

The incident didn't even rate a mention (= was not written about) in the local newspaper.