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PRORATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide or assess proportionally

Example:

The rent was prorated for the rest of the month

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "prorate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Verb group:

prorate (make a proportional settlement or distribution)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

proration (the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a proportional settlement or distribution

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "prorate" is one way to...):

settle (dispose of; make a financial settlement)

Verb group:

prorate (divide or assess proportionally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

proration (the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer)

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