The phrase "a rate around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an approximate value or measurement, often in contexts related to finance, statistics, or general comparisons.
Example: "The project is expected to cost a rate around $50,000."
Alternatives: "an approximate rate of" or "a rate of about".
About $10.4 billion of the state's share of the settlement was to have trickled in at a rate around $500 million a year over the next 20 years.
Even so, the yen is trading here at a rate around 105 to the dollar, a three-and-a-half-year high.
The lira had been trading at 685,000 to $1, but by the end of the business day here it dropped to a rate around 925,000 to the dollar.
The interest-rate controls also allow the central bank to manage demand for the currency, which it has kept artificially pegged for years at a rate around 8.28 yuan to the dollar.
Vodafone said 4G – the so-called "fourth generation" of networks – will be able to provide data to smartphone users at a rate around six times faster than the current 3G services.
But then, about a year ago, I treated myself to a massage and the masseuse took it upon herself to pass an especially harsh comment on the state of my cellulite, which was, indeed, growing at a rate around my body reminiscent of the demonic plant in The Little Shop of Horrors.
Ford said it expects a rating around 355 horsepower at 5,700 r.p.m. and 350 foot-pounds of torque at 3,500 r.p.m.
RRT age-specific prevalence rates peaked at around 70 years with a rate of around 1790 pmp; haemodialysis age-specific prevalence rates peaked at around 80 years with a rate of around 1080 pmp; peritoneal dialysis rates did not have a clear peak; and transplantation age-specific prevalence rates peaked at around 60 years with a rate of around 924 pmp.
Those loans total around $1.4 trillion with interest compounding at a rate of around $2,726 per second.
