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

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)

And never could he imagine or allow that his personal weight, and force, and worth were ratable by gymnastic tests.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

Dunstable to do duty & Receive priviledge there their neglect of Complyance notwithstanding, Unless the major part of the Inhabitants and ratable Estate belonging to the sd.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 by Various

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)

Related Words

• payable