as in distributing
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
shares in the company's profits were prorated according to the workers' length of service
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Recent Examples of prorating
Denver could cut his cap number almost in half by guaranteeing him $8-10 million, paying it as a bonus and prorating it out.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts.
—Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts.
—Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorating
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The new version is made by the original producer, Ecosse Films, and Masterpiece PBS in association with Northern Ireland Screen and Banijay Rights, which is distributing the six-part series internationally.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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For a large, thick cast-iron skillet, electric burners are terrible for evenly distributing heat and keeping oil hot.—
Jack Hennessy,
Outdoor Life,
29 Apr. 2026
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The trailer then came apart, dispensing much of the cargo of iced tea beverages on the road, as the truck bounced off the wall and across the other lane of traffic into and through the guardrail.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In the Chicago area, Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes screens, tests and processes donated milk before dispensing it to hospitals.—
Alexander Crider,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The University of Massachusetts poll, fielded among 1,000 Americans, found 74% believe there are more things uniting them than dividing them.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Michelle Boudreau Design mixed a white dividing wall with hedges that don't block the view of palm trees in this desert backyard.—
Kristin Hohenadel,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
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Despite the cash flow from those deals, some investors are concerned that Oracle is allocating too much money to its infrastructure initiatives.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gao Jiyang, founder and CEO of embodied AI firm Galaxea, said the challenge has shifted from simply collecting more data to allocating it across modalities in a structured way.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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These days, some innovative school districts and nonprofit groups are trying to help students labeled EBD by tapping Medicaid money for therapy and family support, providing what are called wraparound services to get students with EBD back into mainstream classes.—
Laurie Stern,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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The reshaping of the hospital’s campus seeks to strike a balance among lifting the hospital’s national profile, providing more efficiently for the health care needs of the local community and recognizing the reality of an aging population that needs increasingly sophisticated care.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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But the decision to stop universally administering the vaccine at birth was made in December, at the recommendation of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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These differences reflect uncertainty about the size of the tax base, the challenges of administering the tax, and how buyers and sellers will respond.—
Martha E. Stark,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Prorating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorating. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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