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1. pay, payment, rent, fare, hire, freightage, towage, truckage, wharfage; percentage, commission, brokerage; duty, tax, capitation, custom, toll, tollage; price, cost, expense, charge, Commerce. quotation, Inf. damages, fee, dues; expenditure, outlay.

2. pace, velocity, speed, Inf. clip, gait, stride, career; tempo, time, meter, measure; progress, movement, motion.

3. rating, distinguishing, classification, evaluation, grade, gradation; sort, kind, type, brand; class, caste, rank, position, station, place, standing, status; value, valuation, worth.

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4. appraise, evaluate, value, price, set the price or cost; judge, weigh, gauge, assess, assay; calculate, reckon, compute.

5. distinguish, prioritize, rank, grade, graduate, categorize, pigeonhole; classify, arrange, range, order, dispose, place, group, organize; sort, assort, size; class, type, name, label, tag, ticket, brand.

6. esteem, regard, consider, deem, account, think of.

7. count, figure, be important, carry weight, make a mark; have prestige, be distinguished, have value, have standing; shine, glow, glitter, make a splash.

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scold, tongue-lash, Inf. rag, upbraid, Sl. chew out, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Inf. dress down, Inf. jump on; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, reproach, rebuke, reprove, reprimand, reprobate, blame; denounce, take to task, call to account, call down, lecture; admonish, caution, warn, forewarn, put on one's guard.