Definition of "rating" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of rate

noun

1. A position on a scale.

2. An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.

   • They have a poor credit rating.

3. A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.

   • He has a high chess rating.

4. A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.

5. (nautical) A seaman in a warship.

6. (nautical, British) An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.

   • In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer.