单词 | prorationing |
释义 | prorationingn. Chiefly U.S. = proration n.; spec. the allocation by an official regulator of permitted levels of oil or gas production among competing operators, fields, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion admeasurementa1325 measurementa1325 apportion1628 apportionment1628 admensuration1766 prorating1876 proration1904 prorationing1930 1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 29 Aug. 22/2 Many of the Standard Oils..improved in the forenoon despite Oklahoma advices telling of possible upsets of the prorationing plan. 1948 E. V. Rostow National Policy for Oil Industry iii. 21 In 1932, the Supreme Court declared prorationing legal. 1962 W. A. Leeman Price of Middle East Oil ix. 230 The Venezuelans proposed a system of world-wide ‘prorationing’, similar to the arrangements already established in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and a number of other states. 2001 S. Pelletière Iraq & Internat. Oil Syst. ii. 55 Texas did finally enforce prorationing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930 |
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