rating

1 an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation]

2 act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: evaluation]

3 standing or position on a scale

4 rank in a military organization [syn: military rank, military rating, paygrade]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Verb

rating

1. present participle of rate

Noun

1. A seaman in a warship
2. The status of a seaman, corresponding to rank in officers.
   • In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are:- ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer
3. A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.

   He has a high chess rating.

Translations

In general, rating is the evaluation or assessment of something, in terms of quality (as with a critic rating a novel), quantity (as with an athlete being rated by his or her statistics), or some combination of both. Specifically, it may refer to:

Petroleum

• Cetane number
• Octane rating

Others

• Approval rating, a polling term which reflects the approval of a particular person or program
• Credit rating
• Elo rating system, a rating system used in chess and in other sports and games
• Fire-resistance rating
• Naval rating
• An unlicensed mariner
• Nielsen Ratings, US television viewership ratings
• PR rating, performance rating used by AMD
• Reputation system
• Telecommunications rating, the calculated cost of a phone call
• Video game content rating
• Motion picture rating system that categorizes films according to their suitability for adults and children
• Sports rating system that analyzes the results of sports competitions
• Rating sites
• Social ratings

See also

• Ratings point
• Grade (education)
• Rates (tax)
• Star rating
• Likert scale
• Parental Advisory, a content advisory labeling scheme for music
• Television ratings, further disambiguation

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