Associations to the word «Rateable»

Wiktionary

RATEABLE, adjective. Liable to incur the payment of rates
RATEABLE VALUE, noun. (British) An official estimate of the value of a property used as a basis of local taxation

Dictionary definition

RATEABLE, adjective. Liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes; "the ratable value of property".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne