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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Negative ratings

What is "Rates" in this context? It's in plural what makes me even more to wonder about the meaning ...
As I see the doubt I'm writing here Emotion: smile

About Hilary ... "She had earned a reputation, in the lingo of the Senate, as “a workhorse and not a show horse.”
But polling revealed that her negative ratings were perilously high
across the country, and especially outside the bluest states."
  

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com/dictionary/rating An estimate of how popular she is with the public There are companies who compile such ratings, eg via opinion polls. Clive

  • com/dictionary/rating An estimate of how popular she is with the public There are companies who compile such ratings, eg via opinion polls.
  • Clive
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Hi,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rating

An estimate of how popular she is with the public There are companies who compile such ratings, eg via opinion polls.

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