率|りつritsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
   実質じっしつ成長せいちょうと名目めいもく成長率せいちょうりつの差さは物価上昇ぶっかじょうしょうを意味いみする。↗

   Price increases explain the difference between the real and nominal growth rates.

• SynonymレートNeutralA loanword used mainly for exchange rates and fees, as in 「為替レート」, and also for ratings; 「率」 covers more ground and mostly works as a suffix.
• Synonym比率ひりつNeutralThe ratio you get when two or more quantities are compared, as in 「男女の比率」; it stresses the comparison itself, where 「率」 is the general term.
• Synonym割合わりあいNeutralThe proportion a part makes up of a whole, and the usual choice in everyday speech; as an adverb it means 'comparatively', as in 「割合簡単だ」.
• Synonym歩合ぶあいNeutralA rate, and by extension performance-based commission, as in 「歩合制」; used mainly in business and pay contexts.

Use 「～率」 as a suffix, 「割合」 for proportions in everyday speech, and 「比率」 when comparing two quantities. For exchange rates and fees pick 「レート」, and for performance-based pay 「歩合」.

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1. (リツ) 割合わりあい。歩合ぶあい。