Degree, rank, or estimation; rating; appraisement_ used of persons and their qualities, Charge or valuation according to a scale or standard; comparative price or amount of demand; a fixed measure of estimation, One who has failed; a person who is a failure, intransitive verb_ To set a rate for (goods to be shipped), To regard or consider as having a certain value, To berate, transitive verb_ To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree, verb_ To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate