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Ratableness

Ratable \Rat"a*ble\ (r[=a]t"[.a]*b'l), a.

  1. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.

    Twenty or[ae] were ratable to [at] two marks of silver.
    --Camden.

  2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.

  3. Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. -- Rat"a*ble*ness, n. -- Rat"a*bly, adv.