Definition of "rating" []

• A position assigned on a scale; a standing. (noun)
• A classification according to specialty or proficiency, as of a member of the armed forces. (noun)
• Chiefly British An enlisted person in the navy. (noun)
• An evaluation of the financial status of a business or person: a credit rating. (noun)
• A specified performance limit, as of capacity, range, or operational capability: the power rating of a light fixture. (noun)

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• "And an improved credit rating is shorthand for a government budget that's under control and doesn't require tax increases and/or rising interest rates that damp economic growth."
• "Find the number of amps and multiply it by the number of volts on the label rating tag."
• "I wonder if the rating is affected by the rating of every individual episode."