prorationn.
/prə(ʊ)ˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /proʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly U.S.
The action or an instance of prorating (something); proportional allocation or distribution.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion
admeasurementa1325
measurementa1325
apportion1628
apportionment1628
admensuration1766
prorating1876
proration1904
prorationing1930
1904 Atlanta Constit. 15 Sept. 6/2 The part of the revenue upon this shipment which the line from Atlanta to Macon..gets under this system of proration is 23 cents.
1923 Oil Weekly 22 Sept. 12/1 The Eastern fields and those of the Middle West are without proration problems.
1954 R. Cassady Price Making in Petroleum Industry vii. 114 Under a proration scheme..a sort of floor is placed under prices by limiting the amount of oil to be withdrawn on a basis of the needs of the market.
1971 Nature 28 May p. viii/1 (advt.) Only a Wang 100 can do side calculations, analyses, prorations and serve as an adding machine.
2003 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 24 July The company's BPO [= business process outsourcing] operations..would expand the service portfolio to include ticket proration, cargo sales audit and interline billing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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