proration

American  

[proh-rey-shuhn] / ˌproʊˈreɪ ʃən /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of proration

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

Example Sentences

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proration

The proration is revoked and the remaining $16 million is accelerated onto his cap immediately.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

“We respectfully submit that proration is not required to mitigate waste; waste is already addressed by strong market forces.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2020

Many of our legislators were not even serving the last time a Governor had to declare our budgets in proration, making sweeping, across-the-board cuts.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 4, 2020

Shareholders of Houston-based Allis-Chalmers would receive $4.25 in cash or 1.15 Seawell shares for each of their shares, subject to proration.

From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2010

But whether a system of proration based on hourly potential is as fair as one based upon estimated recoverable reserves or some other combination of factors is a question for administrative and not judicial judgment.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel