PRORATING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

prorating

verb

present participle of prorate

as in distributing

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 prorating Denver could cut his cap number almost in half by guaranteeing him $8-10 million, paying it as a bonus and prorating it out. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026 The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts. — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026 But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025

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Paramount is distributing the film, which was made and financed by Hammerstone.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Mensah looked as good as the numbers suggested, too, ripping NFL-level throws and distributing the ball to his myriad playmakers, namely wide receiver Malachi Toney.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of distributing

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Staff are tuned-in and attentive, knowledgeable and efficient, without dispensing any of the sirs and ma’ams and stilted affections of fancier places.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in 2020 that alleged Walmart repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing opioid prescriptions at pharmacies across the country.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispensing

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With three points, three cuts can be made, thus dividing the surface into four.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
In its place arose far-right movements in Western Europe and North America dedicated to dividing the world into racial and cultural blocs, divisions often defended in the language of the struggle against terrorism and Islam.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dividing

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That type of short-term control is what Uber reportedly invoked, allocating $1,500 per user per month, mainly for coding assistants.

— Chris Stegh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Chicago helped pioneer the modern listing marketplace that has led to enormous gains in allocating houses efficiently.

— Tomas J. Philipson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of allocating

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Security’s role now includes providing the authority and information that let the right person decide in minutes, not hours.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
That copying, by providing a way to reproduce and evolve, could have then kicked off the beginning of life.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of providing

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For decades, the federal government has covered half the cost of administering the SNAP program.

— Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
The court heard how the former nurse, now 36, attacked babies in her care by administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

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