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asking rate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈɑː.skɪŋ ˌreɪt/ us /ˈæs.kɪŋ ˌreɪt/
the average number of runs(= points) that a cricket team must score in each over(= a set of six throws) in order to win:
The asking rate was 5.73 runs per over.
We soon started to fall behind the asking rate.
The asking rate climbed towards an improbable ten runs an over.
An asking rate of more than six runs per over is not impossible in these conditions.
The South Africans easily kept up with their asking rate of five runs per over.
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