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PRORATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they prorate ... he / she / it prorates
Past simple: prorated
Past participle: prorated
-ing form: prorating
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)
