prorate

Example Sentences

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If investors as a group request more than 5%, the funds have to choose: honor the whole ask, or stick to the limit and prorate every investor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Private credit investors may grumble, as some funds prorate redemption requests.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

In the U.S., some states already prorate vehicle registration fees based on weight, and Washington, D.C. recently overhauled its registration system to more heavily penalize larger cars.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2023

Lundgren said the museum would try and prorate as many refunds as they could.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

In almost every one of the prorate dwellings which fringed the Great Canal were to be seen plate, mirrors, jewellery, tapestry, paintings, carving, such as might move the envy of the master of Holyrood.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron