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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1612-1657
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Rate, Rat(t, v. [e.m.E. rate (1477).] tr. a. reflex. To accept the liability, or to undertake, to make payments of a certain amount. b. To value at a certain sum. —a. 1612 Inverurie 172.
[They] ratit themselffis in payment to the said Mr. Alex. of the soumes [etc.] … viz. … Alex. Fergus ane peck meill [etc.]b. 1612 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I xcviii.
The vnce of gold of xxij carrettis fyne being ratted at xxxviij li. xj s. ⅒ d. 1623 Bk. Islay 370.
Provyding you rat them at a competent rate, and pryce 1657 Balfour Ann. III 398.
The horsse and furniture … wer ratted … at 160 libs Scotts
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