ratal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.

   “The maximum price for locally grown produce was 4 pence a ratal for tomatoes, 6 pence a ratal for onions, 11 pence a ratal for potatoes, and 7 pence a ratal for cabbages.”

2. sıfat Pertaining to a rate of taxation.

   “So prominent, however, was now the position of the Local Taxation question, that the new Prime Minister had scarcely assumed office ere he emphatically endorsed the very arguments for reform so long urged by ratal reformers […]”

3. isim The amount on which a tax rate is assessed.

   “We have to provide for increased and increasing ratals and assessments.”