1813 T. Jefferson Let. 26 May in Papers (2009) Retirement Ser. VI. 135 The money actually recieved [sic]..for the land..taking a pro ratâ from the 2176. a^s sold for 1000.D. would be about 46. cents the acre.]

1828 Notes Bookworm 158 They fixed upon the latter [sc. copper],..to be made their medium of exchange, mutually giving and receiving it by weight, for the purchase or pro-rate of the things they needed.

1894 Atlanta Constit. 17 May 2/3 The mass meeting today instructed for Oats and for Lane for commissioner of agriculture. A prorate was tried by the Johnston men, but availed nothing.

1904 F. Lynde Grafters vii. 92 A hundred thousand is a lot of money. I take it for granted the Western Pacific will stand its pro-rate?

1957 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 3 Apr. 23/6 A prorate for shrinkage between receiving stations and bottling plants.

2002 J. Crum et al. Using Oracle 11i xiii. 283 Line First—Tax Prorate—This rule set applies proportionate amounts to the open line item and tax amounts for each line.

1858 N.Y. Times 22 July 8/4 The Western connecting roads are understood to be anxious to compromise the difficulty between Erie and Central, as, in the event of failure to do so, they will feel bound to pro-rate the reduction with the Central as against the other Company.

1892 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 262 The Baltimore and Ohio [Railroad] to operate and maintain the road..and prorate sixty-five per cent of the gross earnings..that is to pay the Central Ohio thirty-five per cent of the gross earnings.

1921 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 1 July 3/1 (heading) Are runs to be prorated?

1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death v. 66 In all likelihood, idle time of employees is figured in and prorated as part of the ‘man-hours’.

1990 Forest Resources Arizona Dec. 25 Although sample data were not available for post potential on some National Forests, the available information was prorated to include all woodland in the State.

2005 Washington Post 17 May d5 Teams are able to prorate signing bonuses over only five years.

1860 Press & Tribune (Chicago) 20 Feb. 2/6 It would not be in their interest to pro-rate with the lines round Chicago when they had a more direct connection with Indianapolis by the Logansport road.

1890 N.Y. Tribune 6 June The Santa Fe [Railroad]..will hereafter refuse to prorate with them on shipments of grain and live stock.

1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow iii. 604 He pays off Bodine, full price, overriding Bodine's offer to prorate for what's missing.

2003 F. W. Galaty et al. Mod. Real Estate Pract. N. Carolina 309 Always prorate for the seller first.

1879 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Proratable, capable of being pro-rated or divided proportionately.

1975 Alberta Law Rev. 13 181 Proratable reserves.

2005 Jrnl. Accountancy 199 86 Revenue-based alternatives, such as the pro-ratable income and present value income methods, have also been proposed.

1894 Northwestern Reporter 60 137 The bank, in a suit by it or its trustee, would not be limited to a recovery of the insurance company's prorated share.

1931 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 2 485/2 A prorated amount..for these two months should be deducted from his salary for the year.

1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 24 (advt.) A pro-rated portion of the purchase price.

2005 Daily Tel. 18 July 33/2 If full-timers get paid bank holidays in addition to their statutory leave, then part-timers are similarly entitled, albeit to a pro-rated amount.

1876 Rep. Supreme Court S. Carolina 5 29 The words of the Section do not plainly express that a pro-rating for each mile is required as to freights.

1911 F. E. Webner Factory Costs 212 On the other hand, there is no possible way of entirely avoiding a pro~rating or averaging of expense.

1988 N.Y. Times 16 Sept. d2/5 The per share earnings for fiscal 1987 represented a prorating of income for the time period.

2003 A. W. Steiss Strategic Managem. Public & Nonprofit Organizations 191 Indirect costs that cannot be attributed to specific functions typically are allocated across functional areas using a pro-rating formula.