Synonyms

rates

British

/ reɪts /

plural noun

(in some countries) a tax levied on property by a local authority

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Example Sentences

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Actual rates of return on both a house and a stock market portfolio are highly variable.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And with mortgage rates steady around 6.1% for several weeks now, everything is moving in the right direction for improving housing affordability heading into spring,” he added.

From MarketWatch

Yet for people who bought homes in the past three years, paying much higher prices and steeper mortgage rates, delinquencies have been picking up, Taiano noted.

From MarketWatch

Like many chefs, he bemoans National Insurance rises and increasing business rates, but also more local problems like limited car parking and unclean streets, which put off diners.

From BBC

That boosted the odds that the Fed would cut interest rates by more than the half a percentage point by year end.

From Barron's

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