Meanings
alternative prorata · alternative pro-rata
- not comparableOf an allocation, in proportion to some factor that can be exactly calculated.
The workers' overtime is calculated on pro rata basis.
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Tenants who have given 30 days' notice who do not leave on the last day of the month will be charged on a pro rata basis.
The fiction that each household supplies all types of labor directly, and so receives its pro rata share of the aggregate wage bill of the entire economy, simplifies the exposition in that it allows one to dispense with explicit discussion o fthe risk-sharing arrangements just referred to.
2003, Michael Woodford, Interest and Prices, →ISBN, page 146f.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a way that agrees in amount, magnitude or degree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Latin prō (“according to”) + ratus (“calculated”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съразмерно
- съразмерно (sărazmerno)in proportion to some factor
Chinese Mandarin 按比例
- 按比例 (àn bǐlì)in proportion to some factor
Czech poměrně
- poměrněin proportion to some factor
Dutch naar rato, pro rata
- naar ratoin proportion to some factor
- pro ratain proportion to some factor
Finnish suhteessa, pro rata
- suhteessain proportion to some factor
- pro ratain proportion to some factor
French en proportion, proportionnellement
- en proportionin proportion to some factor
- proportionnellementin proportion to some factor
German pro rata, verhältnismäßig
- pro ratain proportion to some factor
- verhältnismäßigin proportion to some factor
- proportionalin proportion to some factor
- anteiligin proportion to some factor
- anteilsmäßigin proportion to some factor
Japanese 比例して
- 比例して (hirei shite)in proportion to some factor
Russian пропорциона́льно
- пропорциона́льно (proporcionálʹno)in proportion to some factor
Spanish a prorrata, prorrateadamente
- a prorratain proportion to some factor
- prorrateadamentein proportion to some factor
- cuoteadamentein proportion to some factor
- mediante prorrateoin proportion to some factor
Swedish pro rata, proportionerligt
- pro ratain proportion to some factor
- proportionerligtin proportion to some factor
- porportionsmässigtin proportion to some factor
Cite this entry
pro rata. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro%20rata
“pro rata.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro%20rata. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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