present participle of rank

plural of ranking

plural of rankness

plural of ranke

Obsolete form of rank.

Alternately arranged in two exactly opposite rows.

(politics, often attributively) Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots.

simple past tense and past participle of de-rank

Of the highest rank

An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers. / (Britain) The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up.