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prorate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/prōˈrāt/,/ˈprōˌrāt/,
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prorates, 3rd person singular present; prorated, past tense; prorated, past participle; prorating, present participle;
  1. Allocate, distribute, or assess pro rata
    • - bonuses are prorated over the life of a player's contract
  1. make a proportional settlement or distribution
  2. divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"
  3. (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
  4. Pro rata is an adverb or adjective, meaning in proportion. The term is used in many legal and economic contexts. It is sometimes spelled pro-rata, but this is technically a misspelling of the Latin phrase. In North American English this term has been vernacularized to prorated.
  5. (proration) budgeting the proportional distribution or allocation of parameters, such as noise power and transmission losses, among a number of tandem-connected items, such as equipment, cables, links, or trunks, in order to balance the performance of communications circuits; In a telephone ...
  6. (Prorated) Allocation of prepaid insurance, taxes, and rent; generally done at close of escrow between buyer and seller.
  7. (Prorates) Journal entries or other transactions that are automatically generated during the month-end process based on parameters that were previously calculated and input in FRS.
  8. (Pro-Rating) Employers have the option of prorating the monthly amount of child support to be deducted from the Obligor's pay check. The formula is to multiply the monthly amount by the 12 months in a year. That amount is divided by the number of pay periods in the 12 month cycle. Example: $100. ...
  9. (Prorating) The adjustment of policy benefits due to a change of exposure or existence of "other insurance."
  10. (Proration) Agreed-upon percentages of certain expenses associated with a piece of property that must be paid by the buyer or the seller at the time of closing.
  11. (Proration) A reduction of the standard annual loan limit for an undergraduate student. Proration of the loan amount is required if the student's program or the remainder of the student's program is less than a full academic year in length.
  12. (Pro-ration) New account fees are prorated during the first month based on the monthly rate.
  13. (Pro-ration) The division of money obligations according to some formula.  In a business closing, a seller may have paid for certain benefits into the futures that are assumed by the buyer. ...
  14. (Proration) A division of cost proportionately, based on a given period of time.
  15. (Proration) A methodology to allocate a commodity such as pipeline capacity or natural gas supply under which the commodity is split among those seeking to obtain it based on a factor, such as quantity requested or numbers of individuals (per capita).
  16. (Proration) Allocation of closing costs and credits to buyers and sellers.
  17. (Proration) Also known as an allocation. A temporary limit on the amount of product customers can purchase at the terminal, usually based on contracts and used to protect inventories in time of shortage. ...
  18. (Proration) Portion of total monthly benefits a household is entitled to receive.
  19. (Proration) Refers to the division between cash and stock in a takeover offer. Often a takeover is a combination of cash and the acquiring firm's equity. Shareholders can elect to take cash or equity. After the election is made, the stock is prorated. ...
  20. (Proration) The billing for a Service may include a prorated charge. This proration is computed from the date the Service starts to the next date that coincides with the Account's Invday. Proration is calculated based on the number of days in the month in which the Service starts.
  21. (Proration) The division of certain fees. If the sellers have paid for taxes six months in advance, for example, they may want a portion of that payment back for the months you are living in the house.
  22. (Proration) The fair division of an on-going expense item between the buyer and seller, as part of the closing of a real estate sale.
  23. (Proration) The method used in dividing charges into that portion which applies only to a party's ownership up to a particular date.
  24. (Proration) The spreading of underallocated or overallocated overhead among closing stocks and cost of goods sold.
  25. (Proration) The student’s Federal Title IV award eligibility for payment that is based on the credits for which the student was enrolled and the number of days the student attended classes. ...