Толковый словарь английского языка - rating

noun Date: 1702 a classification according to grade, a naval enlisted man, 3. relative estimate or evaluation ; standing , an estimate of an individual's or business's credit and responsibility, an estimate of the percentage of the public listening to or viewing a particular radio or television program, a stated ope~ limit of a machine expressible in power units (as kilowatts of a direct-current generator) or in characteristics (as voltage)