rating /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/ noun6 •A position on a scale. •An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.They have a poor credit rating. •A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.He has a high chess rating. •A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.A rating, at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them. — 1961 •A seaman in a warship.Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok. — 2014 •(UK) An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer. formsratings