rateable

Liable to incur the payment of rates.

Adjective

  1. Liable to incur the payment of rates.
  2. Able to be evaluated with a rating.

Origin

Etymology tree English rate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rateable From rate + -able.

Forms

more rateable most rateable ratable

Derived

rateable value rateably unrateable

Noun

  1. A property whose value is assessed by an authority to determine the payment of rates.
    • […] proportion of all taxes paid by commercial and industrial rateables (not per household) […] - 1975, Edwin S. Mills, Wallace E. Oates, Fiscal Zoning and Land Use Controls: The Economic Issues (page 162)

Forms

rateables ratable