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41first-rate — [fʉrst′rāt′] adj. [orig. applied to the highest of the rates, or classes, of warships] of the highest class, rank, or quality; very good; excellent adv. Informal very well …
42First English Civil War — The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars ). The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and… …
43Rate-monotonic scheduling — In computer science, rate monotonic scheduling [citation|first1=C. L.|last1=Liu|authorlink1=Chung Laung Liu|first2=J.|last2=Layland|title=Scheduling algorithms for multiprogramming in a hard real time environment|journal=Journal of the ACM|volume …
44rate — 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… …
45Class-size reduction — As an education reform, the broad goal of class size reduction (CSR) is to increase the number of individualized student teacher interactions intended to improve student learning. A reform long holding theoretical attraction to many… …
46rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… …
47rate — Synonyms and related words: VAT, abuse, account, ad valorem duty, admonish, alcohol tax, alphabetize, amount, amusement tax, analyze, antecede, anyhow, anyway, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arithmetical proportion, arrange, assay, assess,… …
48First Employment Contract — The first page of the law The contrat première embauche (CPE; English: first employment contract) was a new form of employment contract pushed in spring 2006 in France by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. This employment contract, available… …
49first-rate — adjective /ˈfɜst reɪt/ (say ferst rayt) 1. of the first rate or class. 2. excellent; very good. –adverb /fɜst ˈreɪt/ (say ferst rayt) 3. Colloquial excellently: *So we all got on first rate, and anybody would have thought that there wasn t a more …
50First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …
