Decide
Decide verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.
Rate
Rate verb - To make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding.
Usage example: nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an “essential” piece of electronic equipment
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Both words in one sentence
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A successful mortal hit can even cripple a first-rate battleship and can decide the course of a battle if that first-rate happens to have an admiral on it.
Source: Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon -
Gone Horribly Wrong: Because the Mrdini planets are so overpopulated, some high officials decide to perform an experiment in a popular hibernatory to see if they can reduce the birth rate.
Source: Literature / Tower and the Hive -
Later, the overall drop rate was increased by changing the system to decide when a player received a drop, instead of whether if a player received a drop, and a weekly cap of 8-12 items was introduced.
Source: Random Drop aka: Randomly Drops
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