prorated

past tense of prorate

Example Sentences

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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. 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
Verb
  • Fear has been institutionalized—budgeted, distributed, sold as peace.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The show is produced by Dave Shumka and Megan Tan and will be distributed by iHeartPodcasts.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Alexander Paul Robertson Lewis allegedly dispensed the substance at West Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina, over a nearly monthlong span, leaving school officials mystified as to the origin of the foul odor, the Florence County Sheriff's office said in a statement.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Industry estimates peg the cost of a 1-gigawatt data center at roughly $50 billion, with $35 billion of that typically allocated to chips — based on Nvidia’s current pricing.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So, roughly a quarter of California’s above-average spending is allocated to housing.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, investors let out a sigh of relief when management left the full-year outlook unchanged and provided a fourth-quarter NII guide that was above the Street.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Enquirer media partner Fox 19 provided this report.
    Brenda Ordonez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The pair divided the classwork, which included discussions and exercises.
    Janine Di Giovanni, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Taken together, the day offered a rare snapshot of the monarchy’s past and present — divided in distance and duty, yet momentarily aligned in purpose.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Prorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorated. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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