| rationalize |
apologize: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" cut: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits" think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
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| rate |
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" pace: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate" estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
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| ration |
restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"
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| rationalization |
the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency systematization: systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
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| rattler |
rattlesnake: pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken freight train: a railroad train consisting of freight cars
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