at any rate

Definitions

1. 1

   In any case

   In any case: anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard a previous thought or discount its importance.

   • Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.
   • He's stinking rich — or, at any rate, pretty well off.
   • The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, any, rate.

   • Mr Chairman, I'd point out here that taxation without representation is an affront at any rate, low or high, but it is especially galling at the rate that Mr Smith proposes.

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