The word rate has a variety of meanings and each of those meanings is signed in
a different way.
If you mean rate as in: "The ASL teacher rated his students' signing skills" you
could use a sign such as:
LOOK-OVER-[evaluate]
https://youtu.be/m8YZUVWLEqY
EVALUATE https://youtu.be/5xbvZ45ZEm8
grade-[CANCEL/criticize/critique]
https://youtu.be/2bBkivd0a7s
DECIDE: https://youtu.be/N0969RhLMp0
DOCUMENT-[make-a-note-of/officially-record] https://youtu.be/Um8GB14XWiM
If you mean rate as in: "I rated his presentation abilities after his in-class
presentation" you could use signs such as:
IX-[he/she/that person] presentation-[LECTURE] FINISH, I MULL-OVER DECIDE POSS-[hers/his/that-person's]
SKILL LEVEL.
If you mean rate as in: "The movie was rated R" you could sign it as:
"THAT MOVIE R-[slightly-shaken.]
Or if you are being emphatic you could sign: "THAT MOVIE R-[jabbed-forward.]
If you mean rate as in "annual percentage rate" you would just spell APR.
The argument that the viewer won't understand what APR means could be applied to
any language not just American Sign Language and Deaf people. The ability
in "any" language to understand an acronym is dependent on the listener or
viewer being familiar with the acronym. The sign for Annual Percentage
Rate is to spell APR! If you need to "explain" what APR means you can
sign:
YEARLY
PERCENTAGE
fs-RATE (fingerspell rate).
If you need to explain what "yearly percentage rate" means you are going to get
into giving a micro-lesson involving signs such as: "APR ITSELF PERCENTAGE
THIS-[point-to-referent such as the loan document or an established location
used to refer to the loan]. FOR BORROW THAT MONEY YOU PAY BANK INTEREST. YOU PAY
INTEREST HOW-MUCH DEPEND APR. HIGHER APR MEANING YOU PAY MORE. LESS APR
MEAN YOU PAY LESS. "
There are many other ways to sign "rate" depending on your intended meaning. For
example you might be referring to a rate of flow and need to use a sign such as:
https://youtu.be/GIHHZ1Bx5Ik
or
https://youtu.be/3Dwnb85A_cE
Thus to know how to sign "rate" you are going to basically have to know how to
sign every different meaning of rate while adjusting for levels of context and
viewer familiarity with your topic.
There is no "one size fits all "sign" in regard to "rate." If you want to know
how to sign rate (and similar multi-meaning words) -- Invest the thousands of
hours it is going to take to become generally fluent -- and enjoy the process!
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