rateable

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English rate
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English rateable

    From rate + -able.

    Adjective

    rateable (comparative more rateable, superlative most rateable)

    1. Liable to incur the payment of rates.
    2. Able to be evaluated with a rating.

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    Noun

    rateable (plural rateables)

    1. A property whose value is assessed by an authority to determine the payment of rates.
      • 1975, Edwin S. Mills, ‎Wallace E. Oates, Fiscal Zoning and Land Use Controls: The Economic Issues (page 162)
        […] proportion of all taxes paid by commercial and industrial rateables (not per household) […]

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