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RATEABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rateable mean?
• RATEABLE (adjective)
The adjective RATEABLE has 1 sense:
1. liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes
Familiarity information: RATEABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes
Synonyms:
ratable; rateable
Context example:
the ratable value of property
Similar:
nonexempt; taxable ((of goods or funds) subject to taxation)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Derivation:
rateability (the state of being liable to assessment or taxation)
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