Average and Rate

Average

Average noun - What is typical of a group, class, or series.

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Rate and average are semantically related. in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Rate" instead the word "Average" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: aver, averaged, averaging, averager

Rate noun - The relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things.

Usage example: the exchange rate was 10 pesos to the dollar when we visited Mexico

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Average and rate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Average" instead the word "Rate" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

human	human average	human rate
good	good average	good rate
high	high average	high rate
low	low average	low rate
Other adjectives: best, better, similar, critical, male, abysmal, great, excellent, highest, lowest, higher, overall.

According to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, most major fast-food chains have a 100% turnover rate every year, with the average employee lasting only three months.

Source: High Turnover Rate
The official crime rate was twice the national average in almost every category, and the amount of unreported crime was apparently greater.

Source: Vice City
Back in the 1940's, René Spitz discovered that the infant mortality rate in the foundling hospital he was in charge of was far higher than the national average infant death rate.

Source: Parental Abandonment / Real Life

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