Definition of "rates" []

• Plural form of rate. (noun)
• Taxes, usually on property, levelled by local government. (noun)

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• "GLD: Interest rates are going up....there is a correlation..rates go up gold goes down..but we don't think of gold as a commodity here, we think of gold as a currency."
• "We believe that both long - and short-term interest rates are headed higher, but any increase in rates is probably going to be more mild than the market expects."
• "TXU says it's cutting rates because of lower wholesale electricity prices and that the term rates are its lowest since 2005."