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disposal
Noun
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Disposal is the act of getting rid of or throwing out something.
There is no long-term plan for nuclear waste disposal.
After a strange package was found, bomb disposal workers were called in.
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If you have something at your disposal, it is available for you to use.
Some of the students seem to have a lot of money at their disposal.
rate
Noun
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Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
rate
Verb
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Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.