proration

[ proh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of dividing, distributing, limiting, or calculating something proportionately, as fees, wages, quotas, funding, etc.:

   Supporting memberships are available at $5,000 per year, with no proration for a term of less than one year.

   The school superintendent had assumed a $650 per-pupil proration for the current fiscal year.

Word History and Origins

Origin of proration¹

prorat(e) ( def ) + -ion ( def )

Example Sentences

The Nationals’ 2020 payroll was around $196 million, according to Cot’s, before salaries were prorated for the shortened season.

From Washington Post