- at this (or that) rate
- at this (or that) rateif things continue in this or that way.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
at this (or that) rate
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at\ that\ rate — • at that rate • at this rate adv. phr. At a speed like this or that; with progress like this or that. John s father said that if John kept going at that rate he would never finish cutting the grass. So Johnny has a whole dollar! At this rate he… … Словарь американских идиом
rate — rate1 noun 1》 a measure, quantity, or frequency: the island has a very low crime rate. 2》 the speed with which something moves or happens. 3》 a fixed price paid or charged for something. 4》 the amount of a charge or payment expressed as a… … English new terms dictionary
Rate of fire — is the frequency at which a specific weapon can fire or launch its projectiles. It is usually measured in rounds per minute (RPM or round/min), or per second (RPS or round/s). Contents 1 Overview 2 Measurement 2.1 Cyclic rate … Wikipedia
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rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… … Financial and business terms
Rate of profit — In economics and finance, the profit rate is the relative profitability of an investment project, of a capitalist enterprise, or of the capitalist economy as a whole. It is similar to the concept of the rate of return on investment. In Marxian… … Wikipedia
Rate function — In mathematics mdash; specifically, in large deviations theory mdash; a rate function is a function used to quantify the probabilities of rare events. It is required to have several nice properties which assist in the formulation of the large… … Wikipedia
rate — rate1 [ reıt ] noun count *** 1. ) the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a particular period of time: a rising birth rate a dramatic fall in the city s murder rate rate of: The animals were dying at… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
