ratable
Americanadjective
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able to be rated or evaluated
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(of property) liable to payment of rates
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
Example Sentences
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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
To direct the payment, therefore, of the whole amount of those claims which happened to be first adjudicated would prevent a ratable distribution of the fund among those equally entitled to its benefits.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
The claim was rejected in 1885 on the ground that deafness existed prior to enlistment, and also because of no ratable disability by reason of alleged wound in the cheek.
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)
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)
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
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