Rate and Settle

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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Settle and rate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "Rate".

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

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Rate and settle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rate" instead a verb "Settle".

Nearby Words: settled, settlement, settling, settler, settlor

At one point in The Thrawn Trilogy Luke needs to help two arguing people settle a dispute and has to ask for the exchange rate between the two currencies.

Source: Global Currency
Even their name itself was chosen to suggest being second-rate: As member Chris Mars put it, "Like maybe the main act doesn't show, and instead the crowd has to settle for an earful of us dirtbags".

Source: Self Deprecation / Music

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