Integer and Rate

noun

• Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.
  • usage: "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
  • synonyms: whole number

noun

• A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.
  • usage: "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
• Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
  • usage: "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
  • synonyms: charge per unit
• The relative speed of progress or change.
  • usage: "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
  • synonyms: pace
• A quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure.
  • usage: "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate"

verb

• Assign a rank or rating to.
  • usage: "how would you rank these students"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
  • synonyms: rank, range, order, grade, place
• Be worthy of or have a certain rating.
  • usage: "This bond rates highly"
• Estimate the value of.
  • usage: "How would you rate his chances to become President"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
  • synonyms: value

• (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
• (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
• (v.i.) To make an estimate.
• (v.t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
• (v.t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
• (n.) Ratification; approval.
• (v.t.&i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
• (v.t.) To ratify.
• (v.i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
• (v.t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
• (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
• (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
• (n.) Order; arrangement.
• (n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
• (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; especially, in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
• (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.

rate is the cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the investor used to be evidenced by a coupon that could be detached and sent for collection. Thus the cost to the issuer for notes and bonds paying semiannual interest is often called the coupon rate. Lenders or investors may receive a yield that is higher or lower than the rate.