prorates

Allocates by share

Prorates is the verb form of prorate, meaning to divide or distribute proportionally.

Insurance companies prorate refunds based on time remaining on a policy.

Landlords prorate rent when tenants move in mid-month: Your first month's rent will be prorated since you're moving in on the fifteenth.

The calculation ensures each party pays or receives a fair share relative to actual use or time.

calculation

distribute

Divide and deliver

percentage · fraction · pro-rata · formula · equation · amortize · accrue · quantify · measure · compute

allocation

allot

Distribute by shares

ration · budget · earmark · designate · parcel · dispense · subdivide · partition · segment · slice

share

portion

Divided share given

fraction · ratio · cut · slice · stake · interest · dividend · distribution · apportionment · ration

Categories
Opposites
calculation method

proratesfixes

Repairs or solutions

standardizes · generalizes · rounds off · estimates · approximates

distribution approach

proratesconsolidates

Combines into stronger whole

aggregates · pools · totals · combines · bundles

Phrases
Family

prorate, proration, prorated, prorating

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G