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- The grading of a security with respect to a characteristic or a set of characteristics, such as safety and growth. Rating is most often applied to debt securities, which are graded according to the issuer's ability to pay interest and principal when due. See also bond rating, downgrading, Moody's Investment Grade, not rated, stock rating, upgrading 1.
- A measure of audience size for a radio or television program.
- The rank assigned to something. For example, Consumer Reports publishes frequency-of-repair ratings for appliances.
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