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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ratable

/(rāt"ȧ*b'l)/ · Rat·a·ble · IPA
01 a. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.
  1. 1.
    Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.
    “Twenty orae were ratable to [at] two marks of silver.” — Camden.
  2. 2.
    Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.
  3. 3.
    Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.
02 n. a structure which may be rated, or set at a certain value, for the purpose of taxation, usually based on the value; as, with the deteriorat…
  1. 1.
    a structure which may be rated, or set at a certain value, for the purpose of taxation, usually based on the value; as, with the deterioration of the center cities, the loss of ratables worsened the situation by removing valuable sources of tax revenue.