Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To divide, distribute, or assess proportionately.
- intransitive verb To settle affairs on the basis of proportional distribution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To assess pro rata; distribute proportionally.
- To make arrangement or agreement on a basis of proportional distribution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb U.S. To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess
pro rata .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
divide proportionately , especially byday ; to dividepro rata .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb divide or assess proportionally
- verb make a proportional settlement or distribution
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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The number consists of his $3.6 million salary, $1 million signing bonus proration (the signing bonus he received in February 2009), and his $21 million signing bonus from March that, due to creative contract restructuring on the part of the Redskins, did not prorate.
Analysis: How would a Haynesworth trade financially impact the Redskins? J.I. Halsell 2010
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
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Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico.
seanahan commented on the word prorate
This is from the Latin pro rata.
October 22, 2007