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  • 121RATE — s. f. T. d Anat. Viscère mou, situé dans l hypocondre gauche, entre l estomac et les fausses côtes. Avoir la rate gonflée, opilée, obstruée. Désopiler la rate. Avoir mal à la rate. Avoir des vapeurs de rate. Un mal de rate. Désopilation de rate.… …

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  • 122Rate of profit — In economics and finance, the profit rate is the relative profitability of an investment project, of a capitalist enterprise, or of the capitalist economy as a whole. It is similar to the concept of the rate of return on investment. In Marxian… …

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  • 123Rate of natural increase — In demographics, the rate of natural increase (RNI) is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population. If we neglect the migration, then a positive RNI number means that the population increases and a negative number means that… …

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  • 124Rate contract — A Rate Contract or a Rate Agreement (RC in short) is a procurement cost reduction stategy aimed at standardizing procurement prices for commonly procured, homogenous and price varying inputs. TimingA rate contract is usually attempted when a… …

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  • 125Rate-of-Living-Theorie — Die Rate of Living Theorie (dt. „Lebensratentheorie“) ist ein Erklärungsmodell für das Altern von Organismen, die sich geschlechtlich fortpflanzen. Die Hypothese ist einer der ersten Beiträge zur Alternstheorie und wurde 1928 von dem US… …

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  • 126rate — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a stated numerical proportion between two sets of things (the second usu. expressed as unity), esp. as a measure of amount or degree (moving at a rate of 50 miles per hour) or as the basis of calculating an amount or value (rate… …

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  • 127Rate of exploitation — The rate of exploitation is a concept in Marxian political economy. It usually refers to the ratio of the total amount of unpaid labor done (surplus value) to the total amount of wages paid (the value of labour power). The rate of exploitation is …

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  • 128rate — I. /reɪt / (say rayt) noun 1. a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing and used as a standard or measure: at the rate of 60 kilometres an hour. 2. a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of… …