prorate
(verb) divide or assess proportionally; “The rent was prorated for the rest of the month”
prorate
(verb) make a proportional settlement or distribution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prorate (third-person singular simple present prorates, present participle prorating, simple past and past participle prorated)
To divide proportionately, especially by day; to divide pro rata.
• praetor, prætor
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*rate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prorating.] Etym: [From L. pro rata (sc. parte) according to a certain part, in proportion.]
Definition: To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
