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▪ I. rater1|ˈreɪtə(r)|
[f. rate v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who (or a thing which) rates, estimates, measures, etc.
1611Cotgr., Perequant, an equall rater, taxer, assessor of others. 1654R. Whitlock Zootomia 11 The wise Rater of things,..will obey the Powers over Him. 1697View Penal Laws 292 A Clothier.. shall not be a Rater of Wages of any Artificer. 1823Mechanics' Mag. No. 4. 59 The Rater is to give the rate of a ship's sailing. 1957D. T. Herman et al. in Saporta & Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 540/1 Two raters independently rated each of the reproductions. 1967M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour x. 182 The use of ‘blind’ ratings, where the raters do not know which of the individuals they are rating are being trained or belong to a control group. 1973Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. Mar. 40 Raters had no knowledge of whether a given interview protocol was from the psychopathic or nonpsychopathic sample. 1977Ryan & Carranza in H. Giles Lang., Ethnicity & Intergroup Relations ii. 70 Ethnicity of rater did not affect evaluation of the standard speakers. 1979Nature 22 Mar. 357/2 The assessment on HRS was made by two independent raters who showed a satisfactory concordance.
2. A vessel, etc. of a specified rate.
In recent use with ref. to the tonnage of racing vessels.
1806–37[see first-rater]. 1891Field 7 Mar. 336/2 Three centre-board cutters..These include one 10-rater and two 2½-raters.
▪ II. rater2|ˈreɪtə(r)|
[f. rate v.2 + -er1.]
One who reproves or scolds.
1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. ix. 218 Here was she already installed as rater of his conduct, instead of rendering him an account of hers. 1884Sat. Rev. 8 Mar. 321/1 Far be it from us to say that the rating is generally undeserved. But..the rater delivers it evidently from a purely personal point of view. |
