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A rating is an evaluation or assessment of something, in terms of quality, quantity, or some combination of both.

Rating or rating system may also refer to:

• Credit rating, estimating the credit worthiness of an individual, corporation or country
• Ranally city rating system, a tool used to classify U.S. cities based on economic function
• Telecommunications rating, the calculated cost of a phone call

• Arbitron ratings or Nielsen Audio, consumer research on radio broadcasting audiences in the United States
• Content rating, the suitability of a TV broadcast, movie, comic book, or video game to its audience
  • Motion picture rating system, categorizes films according to their suitability for adults and children
  • Television content rating systems, categorizes TV shows based on suitability for audiences
  • Video game content rating system, categorizes video games based on suitability for players
• Audience measurement
  • Nielsen ratings, measuring viewership of United States television programs
• Sports rating system, analyzes the results of sports competitions

• Approval rating, the share of respondents to an opinion poll who approve of a politician
  • United States presidential approval ratings
• Cardinal voting systems, where candidates for office are assigned scores ("ratings") independently from each other
  • Approval voting, a voting system that elects the candidate with the highest approval ratings
• Rating (sociological group), a Ukrainian non-governmental polling organization
• Reputation system, programs that allow users to rate each other in online communities

• Rating (electrical), the voltage at which the appliance is designed to work
• Fire-resistance rating, the duration for a passive fire protection to withstand a standard fire resistance test
• Cetane rating, an indicator of the combustion speed of diesel fuel and compression needed for ignition
• Octane rating, a standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel
• Performance Rating, formerly a method of comparing x86 computer processors
• Power rating, in electrical or mechanical engineering, the highest power input allowed to flow through particular equipment

• Rating (chess), estimate of the strength of a player, based on performance versus other players
  • Elo rating system, a rating system used in chess and in other sports and games
• Rating (clinical trials), the process by which a human evaluator subjectively judges the response of a patient to a medical treatment
• Rating (wine), score assigned by one or more wine critics to a wine
• Rating site, a website designed for users to vote on or rate people or content
• Naval rating, an enlisted member of a navy or coast guard defined by rank and job description.
• Health care ratings, evaluations of health care
• Rating system of the Royal Navy - an historic method to classify ship by how heavily armed they are. Applied to other navies vessels as a comparisor.

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• Rate (disambiguation)
• Television ratings (disambiguation)
• Grading in education, standardized measurements of varying levels of achievement
• Star (classification), symbols often used for ratings
• Likert scale, a psychometric scale commonly involved in research
• Parental Advisory, a warning label placed on audio recordings in recognition of excessive profanities or inappropriate references

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