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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Commerce. The estimate put on the credit and financial resources of a person. There are various institutions or persons who furnish ratings. They are called "mercantile agencies." In Shipping. The order or class of a vessel according to her magnitude or force. RATIO (Lat.) A reason; a cause; a reckoning of an account.