PRORATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prorate mean? 

• PRORATE (verb)
  The verb PRORATE has 2 senses:

1. make a proportional settlement or distribution

2. divide or assess proportionally

  Familiarity information: PRORATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRORATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they prorate    ... he / she / it prorates   
Past simple: prorated   
Past participle: prorated   
-ing form: prorating   

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Divide or assess proportionally

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The rent was prorated for the rest of the month

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)