rating
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
United States Code
10 U.S.C. § 101 — in this title
The term “rating” means the name (such as “boatswain's mate”) prescribed for members of an armed force in an occupational field. The term “rate” means the name (such as “chief boatswain's mate”) prescribed for members in the same rating or other category who are in the same grade (such as chief petty officer or seaman apprentice).
37 U.S.C. § 101 — in this title
The term “rating” means the name (such as “boatswain's mate”) prescribed for members of a uniformed service in an occupational field; “rate” means the name (such as “chief boatswain's mate”) prescribed for members in the same rating or other category who are in the same grade (such as chief petty officer or seaman apprentice).
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916