as in distributed
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 prorated
Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
Under long-standing HUD regulations, such families are permitted to live in public housing or receive vouchers, but their benefits are prorated so that the ineligible members receive no assistance and the family pays a greater share of the rent.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Or should it be prorated across the life of a contract like a signing bonus in the NFL?
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This is largely because cap charges associated with bonuses, unlike cap charges from base salaries, can be prorated across up to five years.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Loan limits will also be prorated based on the student’s enrollment status.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
Under long-standing HUD regulations, such families are permitted to live in public housing or receive vouchers, but their benefits are prorated so that the ineligible members receive no assistance and the family pays a greater share of the rent.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Or should it be prorated across the life of a contract like a signing bonus in the NFL?
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This is largely because cap charges associated with bonuses, unlike cap charges from base salaries, can be prorated across up to five years.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Loan limits will also be prorated based on the student’s enrollment status.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorated
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Hundreds of copies of lesson books published by Rethinking Schools, specifically their texts on black activism and transgenderism, have been distributed to NEA members this year alone.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Oct. 2025
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The $85 million settlement fund will be distributed to qualified class members after deductions for fees, expenses and taxes.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Most notably, every penny appropriated by Congress is dispensed by the OMB, making the agency a potential choke point in a federal bureaucracy that currently spends about $7 trillion a year.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night yesterday after nearly a week off the air with a monologue that largely dispensed with laughs.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Around 70% of the project's energy capacity will be allocated to the Port Washington data center project, and around 30% would be made available to Wisconsin customers across the grid.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The two are dependent on millions of dollars that have not been allocated by the state.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sikorski has been a vocal advocate for Ukraine, and Poland has provided dozens of military aid packages for Kyiv.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Criteria varies by state, but it is provided to households that meet or come below the poverty line.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Scholars are perpetually divided.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The situation is a potential turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats and their allies were divided and despondent.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Prorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorated. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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