ratable

American  

[rey-tuh-buhl] / ˈreɪ tə bəl /

Or rateable

adjective

1. capable of being rated or appraised.

2. proportional.

   ratable distribution of wealth.

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ratable British  

/ ˈreɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be rated or evaluated

2. (of property) liable to payment of rates

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Other Word Forms

• nonratability noun
• nonratable adjective
• nonratableness noun
• nonratably adverb
• nonrateability noun
• nonrateable adjective
• nonrateableness noun
• nonrateably adverb
• ratability noun
• ratableness noun
• ratably adverb
• rateably adverb
• unratable adjective
• unrateable adjective

Etymology

Origin of ratable

First recorded in 1495–1505; rate ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

He’s just a very intelligent, manageable, smart, ratable kind of horse that will do anything his rider tells him to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

As a matter of fact, the Russian idea of literary men is that they all hold some government or other appointment, on the committee of censorship, for example,--some ratable position.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The ratable value of the metropolis, or rather the district of the Metropolitan Board, is £23,960,109. 

From Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

The ratable estate in the colony averaged sixty pounds per inhabitant at this time.

From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise

On the question to be determined he would have no advantage under a special act, inasmuch as there must be a ratable disability to entitle him to any payment in pursuance of its provisions.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Related Words

• payable