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pro rata
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial pro rata has 1 sense
- pro rata(r = adv.all) proportionately - in proportion; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
pro rata, [L.].
In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pro rata, adj. & adv.
--adj. proportional.
--adv. proportionally.
--adj. proportional.
--adv. proportionally.
Etymology
L, = according to the rate
THESAURUS
pro rata
ad valorem, appraised, assessed, distributional, distributive, distributively, each to each, equal, evaluated, even stephen, fifty-fifty, good for, half, half-and-half, halvers, in equal shares, in proportion, particular, per capita, per head, priced, prized, proportional, proportionate, proportionately, prorated, rated, respective, respectively, several, severally, valued, valued at, worth
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