grade

[Example Sentences]:
1. In fifth grade, he designed a device to help teach young baseball players how to pitch.
2. Each increase in credit grade makes borrowing less expensive.
3. Navy officials essentially grade Iranian naval behavior on a curve.
4. Medical grade devices have been calibrated and tested for accuracy and consistency.
5. When I was in grade school, one of our playground ladies was a clown.
6. At a lower pay grade, of course.
7. The lower the grade, the more interest the borrower pays.
8. In sixth grade, she had no context.

[Synonyms]caste, class, degree