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
The contract is prorated, meaning the Blue Jackets will be on the hook for approximately $500,000 for the rest of the season.
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The levy increases rates on hotel room and vacation rental stays but also imposes a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passenger, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports.
—CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
That deal, though, is reportedly prorated over the next four games, with Rivers’ real take-home pay at $278,889.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Brianna Covais, director for pupil personnel services, earned $59,423 in salary, a figure that prorated comes out to $159,480 this school year.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2025
Mixed-status families can qualify but benefits are prorated.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
If there are too many people in this group for everyone to get $51, the money will be prorated.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year.
—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
Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The levy increases rates on hotel room and vacation rental stays but also imposes a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passenger, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports.
—CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
That deal, though, is reportedly prorated over the next four games, with Rivers’ real take-home pay at $278,889.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Brianna Covais, director for pupil personnel services, earned $59,423 in salary, a figure that prorated comes out to $159,480 this school year.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2025
Mixed-status families can qualify but benefits are prorated.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
If there are too many people in this group for everyone to get $51, the money will be prorated.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorated
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In addition to where in the stadium tickets can purchased, Razorback Foundation donor levels and priority points also dictate how parking passes around the stadium are distributed and how many tickets are available for purchase in certain sections.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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The rebates would be distributed in the fall and would be in addition to the $200 million allocated for electric bill rebates in the Next Generation Energy Act, according to the governor's office.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2026
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Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana programs across Europe vary greatly but most only allow cannabis products to be dispensed through pharmacies.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Management said as much on the earnings call Wednesday evening, signaling that if the company had allocated all its GPUs that came online to Azure, year over year cloud revenue growth would have been 40% instead of the supply constrained 38% on a constant currency basis.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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If Microsoft had allocated all new GPUs from the first and second quarters exclusively to Azure, Hood stated, Azure’s growth would have been well above the 39% Microsoft reported.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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At a time when the British elite remained fixated with Latin and Greek, the modern languages provided generations of Irishmen and women with one way of countering Anglocentrism within Irish cultural life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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All detainees are being provided with proper medical care.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Best Score was divided between musicals and dramas, and some craft categories between black-and-white and color, so there was no way a film could have been nominated for everything.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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The company spent three days last week building the final version of the structure, which is divided into sections on rails so it can be assembled and taken apart without doing so over the rink itself.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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