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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

prorratear

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pro-rra-te-ar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prorate/ˈproʊ.reɪt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Vamos a prorratear los gastos entre todos los inquilinos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To allocate, distribute, or assess something proportionately according to a specific rate, time period, or quantity.

    "The landlord agreed to prorate the rent for the few days we occupied the apartment in October."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Medieval Latin 'pro rata', meaning 'according to a calculated rate or proportion'. It entered English in the early 19th century as a back-formation from 'proration', adapting the Latin phrasal element into a functional verbal form.

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