"curtail the rate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to mean to reduce or decrease the speed or rate of something. For example, "The government decided to curtail the rate of inflation to stimulate economic growth."
The up-regulation of phenolic synthesis pathways during PCW development and the PCW/SCW transition stages in TM1 suggests a possible role in curtailing the rate of PCW expansion in TM1 relative to developing Pima fibers.
It repealed a provision that had until now curtailed the rating firms' legal liability.
Further implications of our findings include the potential impact preventive medicine can play curtailing the rates of CDI.
A quicker diagnosis could curtail the infection rate.
The White House recently launched the National Science Foundation Career-Life Balance initianiveffortn effortoto curtail the dropout rate of women in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Therefore, a more realistic consideration of the long-term effects of the regulation to curtail the prescription rate of benzodiazepines can probably be attained over a prolonged period (e.g. 5 years).
Although confining the study population to one or two disease subsites is ideal and would increase the robustness of the results, we felt that doing so would curtail the accrual rate significantly.
A downward adjustment of the income eligibility limits can be used to curtail the coverage rates and upward adjustments to the co-payment patient prescription charges can be utilised to reduce the claims rate, thus curbing the overall average cost per claim.
But there is growing anticipation that the budget to be unveiled on Tuesday could incorporate proposals drafted by the conservative Heritage Foundation that would eliminate or curtail the unemployment-rate waivers.
Worcestershire's reply began to stutter as the spinners Brad Hodge and Claude Henderson suddenly curtailed the run rate.
