Relational_quantity

A quantity, the Numerator, can be understood in terms of how it relates to another quantity, the Denominator; the comparison of these two numbers is called the Rate. The nouns in this frame may denote the Rate unless the referent is specifically expressed. This frame is a general description of the relationship between any two dependent quantities; children of this frame may describe situations in which the scale of the Numerator and/or the Denominator is fixed. I'm not paying the high interest rates. The nest egg is going to be taxed at a federal rate of about 55 percent. This assumption is commonly adopted in statistical models that are used to estimate the transmission rate of HIV.