| Forme compuse: |
| Engleză | Română |
| annual percentage rate n | (rate of interest on a loan) | dobândă anuală s.f. |
| My credit card offers a low annual percentage rate. |
| at any rate adv | (anyway, in any case) | în orice caz |
| I didn't want to go to the party at all, but it's over now, at any rate. |
| base rate n | (interest rate: to set lending rate) | rată de bază s.f. |
| Banks use the base rate as their starting point when deciding on individual lending rates. |
base rate,
basic rate n | (wages) | rată de bază s.f. |
| We're paid £55 a day as a base rate of pay. |
| base rate n | UK (interest rate: Bank of England) | rată a dobânzii s.f. |
| The Bank of England set the base rate at 0.5 per cent. |
birth rate,
birthrate n | (ratio of babies born in an area to population) | natalitate s.f. |
| crime rate n | (level of illegal activity) | rata criminalității s.f. |
| Having more policemen should lower the crime rate. |
| cut-rate adj | (cheap, discounted) (preț) | ieftin adj. |
| redus adj. |
| la preț redus loc.adj. |
| You can't expect quality when you only buy cut-rate stuff. |
| cut-rate adj | informal (of poor quality) | de proastă calitate loc.adj. |
| death rate n | (number of people dying) | rata mortalității s.f. |
| A country's population increases if the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
| discount rate n | (lower price) | tarif redus s.n. |
| I get a discount rate at that shop because my husband's the manager. |
| ERM n | initialism (European Exchange Rate Mechanism) | Mecanismul ratelor de schimb european s.n. |
| The ERM was established in 1979. |
| exchange rate n | (relative value of currency) | rată de schimb s.f. |
| curs de schimb s.n. |
| The current exchange rate makes it expensive for Americans to travel in Europe. |
first rate,
first-rate adj | (excellent) | de primă clasă loc.adj. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| The dinner was absolutely first rate, Joan. |
| first-rate adv | informal (very well) | excelent adv. |
| de nota zece loc.adv. |
| You did first-rate on your English test. |
| flat rate n | (single, fixed fee) | tarif fix s.n. |
| My solicitor charges a flat rate for this service, so I don't have to pay extra every time I need to ask him something. |
| flow rate n | (output speed of a fluid) | debit s.n. |
| flow rate n | (amount of liquid flowing) | debit s.n. |
| The flow rate depends on the size of the pipe. |
| group rate n | (discount for several people) | reducere pentru grupuri s.f. |
| Parties of 12 or more qualify for a reduced group rate. |
growth rate,
rate of growth n | (increase per unit) | rată de creștere s.f. |
| There has been a rise in the growth rate of the UK economy. |
| heart rate n | (rhythm of the heart) | ritm cardiac s.n. |
| Your heart rate increases when you exercise. |
| interest rate n | (amount added to money borrowed) | dobândă s.f. |
| When the interest rate is high, savers get a better return on their investment but borrowers suffer from higher repayments. |
| literacy rate n | (percentage of people able to read) | rata alfabetizării s.f. |
| Cuba enjoys the highest literacy rate in the western hemisphere. |
| The literacy rate in Ireland is high. |
| lock in a rate v expr | (fix an interest rate) | a stabili o rată fixă vb.tranz. |
| Prequalifying for a loan allows you 30 days to lock in a rate. |
| mortality rate n | (number of deaths in a population) | rata mortalității s.f. |
| nominal rate n | (interest rate not adjusted for inflation) | dobândă nominală s.f. |
| The bank charges a nominal rate on the loan. |
| prime rate n | (bank's lowest interest rate) (a băncii) | dobândă preferențială s.f. |
| Currently, the prime rate in the U.S. is 3.25%. |
| pulse rate n | (pace at which the heart is beating) | puls s.n. |
| After exercising for 15 minutes my pulse rate was 152 beats per minute. |
| survival rate n | (percentage of people who survive) | rata supraviețuirii s.f. |
| tax rate n | (percentage of income liable to tax) | rata impozitului s.f. |
| Your tax rate depends on your income. |
| The local sales tax rate is 8.61%. |
| unemployment rate n | (percentage of population without jobs) | rată a șomajului s.f. |
| The unemployment rate is climbing towards 11%. |
