ratio
pronunciation
How to pronounce ratio in British English:
UK [ˈreɪʃiəʊ]
How to pronounce ratio in American English:
US [ˈreɪʃioʊ]
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- Noun:
- the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
Word Origin
- ratio (n.)
- 1630s, "reason, rationale," from Latin ratio "reckoning, numbering, calculation; business affair, procedure," also "reason, reasoning, judgment, understanding," from rat-, past participle stem of reri "to reckon, calculate," also "think" (see reason (n.)). Mathematical sense "relationship between two numbers" is attested from 1650s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The market 's forward price-earnings ratio is now 16.8 .
- 2. In india the ratio was 109 to 100 .
- 3. The ratio at other banks is similar .
- 4. Can household arrangements affect the human sex ratio ?
- 5. The first gauge is a price-to-rents ratio .