rate at

rate at (something)

1. To have or earn a particular rating level. The newer model is rated at a much higher energy yield than older machines. They say the battery is rated at roughly three hours per charge, but I've never gotten longer than a single hour out of it.
2. To assign someone or something a particular rating or score. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "rate" and "at." The Sunday Inquirer rated the comedian at a stellar 4.5 out of 5 stars. I personally enjoyed the film despite its flaws, but I'd probably rate it more objectively at a 6 out of 10. The packaging rates the light bulb at a Level A in energy consumption.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rate something at something

to assign a particular level of rating to something. I rate this brand at about a B-. The broker rated this stock at a buy.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • rate at (something)
  • numero uno
  • charge
  • charged
  • dead battery
  • earn a crust
  • earn a/your crust
  • earn a packet
  • earn (one's) daily bread
  • earn (one's) crust
References in classic literature
If, then, we knew the rate at which the sea commonly wears away a line of cliff of any given height, we could measure the time requisite to have denuded the Weald.
html.) Then they should estimate their client's tax rate at retirement.
(19) The effectiveness of monetary policy, I learned, depends not only on decisions taken about the funds rate at each meeting, but also on the expectations that monetary policymakers convey to the markets about the future course of monetary policy.
With the bond market fluctuating and the national unemployment rate at 6.2 up from 5.8 from the same time last year, some said increasing interests may not be an indicator of a recovering economy.
It seems that prolonged exposure to ambient particles may also induce increased heart rate, in contrast to a decreased heart rate at the beginning of particle exposure.
(1) The primary credit rate at a Federal Reserve Bank is the target federal funds rate of the Federal Open Market Committee if:
Critically, reform efforts have done little to improve the rate at which students graduate from a regular high school program by the typical age of 18 years.
"If you plan to stay in the house seven years or longer, it would be worth it to refinance to a 30- or 15-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.5% with 0 points.
This formula effectively resets the interest rate at an above-market rate (based on the longer term and the issuer's current credit ratings).
They could accomplish this by purchasing a yen call/dollar put with a strike rate at the center of the range.
Although job growth slowed in the first quarter of this year, it was still large enough - at 226,000 per month - to keep the unemployment rate at about the same level as in the fourth quarter of 1994.
As such, the bond investment's future value is lower than that implied by the market rate at purchase, and the return on the investment is lower than the expected 12%.
The court ruled that the burden of proof was on the party who claimed that the rates would change; the current rate at the time of the trial was assumed to continue unless Ayco proved otherwise.
For this illustration, an unexpected movement is defined as the difference between the federal funds rate at 11:00 a.m.
The rate at which real outlays fell in 1993 was much smaller than the declines of the three previous years.