“How is the show doing in 'the ratings'?” “It's down in 'the ratings' [=few people are watching it]. I think it'll be canceled.”
The President's approval 'rating' is lower than it was a month ago. [=fewer people approve of the President this month]
Both movies received G 'ratings'. [=both movies are rated G; both movies are appropriate for people of all ages]
(..) ' Yeah. You think this is such a good idea? ' I need the algorithm. ' Mark' I need the algorithm. Give each girl a base rating of . At any given time Girl A has a rating R-a and Girl B has a rating R-b. When any two girls are matched up, there's an expectation of which will win based on their current rating, right? Yeah. And those expectations are expressed this way. Let's write it. One on the left. The right. (..)2010 The Social Network