rating

¹

[ rey-ting ]

noun

1. classification according to grade or rank.
2. assigned position in a particular class or grade, or relative standing, as of a ship or a member of the armed forces.
3. the credit standing of a person or firm.
4. Radio, Television. a percentage indicating the number of listeners to or viewers of a specific program.
5. a designated operating limit for a machine, apparatus, etc., as of voltage, load, or frequency, based on specified conditions.
6. an amount fixed as a rate.
7. British. apportioning of a tax.
8. Chiefly British. one of the enlisted personnel in the British navy.

rating

²

[ rey-ting ]

noun

1. an angry reprimand or rebuke; scolding.

rating

¹

/ ˈreɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. a sharp scolding or rebuke

rating

²

/ ˈreɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. a classification according to order or grade; ranking
2. (in certain navies) a sailor who holds neither commissioned nor warrant rank; an ordinary seaman
3. sailing a handicap assigned to a racing boat based on its dimensions, sail area, weight, draught, etc
4. the estimated financial or credit standing of a business enterprise or individual
5. radio television a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network

Word History and Origins

Origin of rating¹

First recorded in 1525–35; rat(e) ¹ + -ing ¹

Origin of rating²

First recorded in 1570–80; rat(e) ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Senior catering rating John Angus McDonald also recalls some heavy seas when the ship took a group of passengers to Islay to celebrate Hogmanay.

From BBC

“I don’t think we should outsource our judgments about the most important things to whatever a given rating agency happens to measure,” he said, according to a publicly available recording of the meeting.

From New York Times

They developed a survey of multiple-choice questions, free-form text fields and rating scales and sent it to leading graduate school programs in animal behavior research across disciplines.

From Science Daily

He could have dominated at passing tournaments all over the recruiting circuit to raise his ratings.

From Los Angeles Times

They had a duty to warn since 2015, but the ratings were just too delicious.

From Salon

Related Words

• appraisal
• assessment
• category
• valuation