top rate
Best possible grade
Top rate describes the highest level of quality or excellence—equivalent to first-rate or top-notch: The service at that restaurant is top rate.
It also refers specifically to the highest tax bracket: The top rate for earners over $500,000 increased this year.
The phrase sometimes appears hyphenated as top-rate when used attributively: a top-rate performance.
- premiumAdded cost for better
- eliteSuperior select group
- first-classOf the highest standard
- superiorHigher in rank
- high endPremium quality segment
excellent · cream of the crop · prime · finest · A-grade · stellar · supreme · upper echelon · gold standard · luxury · best in class · highest · best · quality · peak · pinnacle · five-star · world-class
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
- income taxtax return, taxable income, tax brackets, tax bracket, deductions
- pay scalespay scale, pay grade, pay grades, pay range, wage scale
- payrollpaycheck, gross pay, base salary, net pay, pay stub
top rateworst
Superlative of inferior
substandard · inferior · poor quality · second-rate · third-rate
top ratelast place
Lowest rank achieved
rock bottom · bottom of the barrel · dead last · basement level
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