rated

1. To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.

   She is rated fourth in the country.

2. To evaluate or estimate the value of.

   They rate his talents highly.

3. To consider or regard.

   He rated this book brilliant.

4. To deserve; to be worth.

   The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.

5. To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.

   The transformer is rated at 10 watts.

6. To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
7. To like; to think highly of.

   The customers don't rate the new burgers.

8. To have position (in a certain class).

   He rates as the best cyclist in the country.

9. To have value or standing.

   This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.

10. To ratify.
11. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.

verb

To berate, scold.

1. Scolded, rebuked.
2. Maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly