Definition of "prorate" []

• To divide, distribute, or assess proportionately. (verb-transitive)
• To settle affairs on the basis of proportional distribution. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Now prorate that over a year, and figure out how much you'll be saving over seeing a local doctor and buying the meds in Mexico."
• "The number consists of his $3.6 million salary, $1 million signing bonus proration (the signing bonus he received in February 2009), and his $21 million signing bonus from March that, due to creative contract restructuring on the part of the Redskins, did not prorate."
• "Due to Cap rules, the signing bonus following the voidable clause will not prorate through the remainder of the contract."