prorateverb [ T ]
uk/prəʊˈreɪt/us/proʊˈreɪt/specialized finance & economics to calculate a cost, payment, or price according to the amount of something that has been used, in relation to the fixed rate for a larger total amount:
The rental will be prorated if occupancy does not begin on the first day of the month.
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- equate
- figure
- gauge
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
- triangulation
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Earning money
prorated
adjective uk/prəʊˈreɪ.tɪd/us/proʊˈreɪ.t̬ɪd/
specialized finance & economics
Attendees joining the course later will pay a prorated fee.
See also
pro rata