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

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 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

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

Related Words

• payable