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Any amount deducted by a corporation under Sections 179, 179A, 179B, 179C, 179D or 179E must be deducted ratably over a five year period.

From Forbes • Aug. 26, 2014

For the method of levying taxes ratably according to the value of property was also introduced by him: nor had these tribes any relation to the number and distribution of the centuries.

From Roman History, Books I-III by Livius, Titus

The remaining sum was "distributed and paid ratably," to all the claimants to whom compensation had been made.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various

Expenses of unlivery and appraisement are a charge in the first instance against the captors of a prize, to be afterwards apportioned by them ratably against the cargo.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir