If you notice the ranking is not consecutive with the use of the RANK function; that is because the RANK function ranks records of the result-set sequentially starting from 1. When it finds a tie it assigns the same rank to the all the records in the tie, but still keeps incrementing the record counter so the next record will get a new rank which would be (previous rank + no of records in the current tie + 1) .
Implausibility definition, not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi. See more.
(transitive) to load down something with a burden. (transitive) to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment 1906 â 1921, John Galsworthy, âEncounterâ, in The Forsyte Saga, volume 1: He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.