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Definition of Pro rata
1. Adverb. In proportion.
Definition of Pro rata
1. Adverb. (context: of an allocation) In proportion to some factor that can be exactly calculated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pro Rata
Literary usage of Pro rata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"This was immediate- f ly followed by an appropriation "To pay J§ pro rata leaves
of absence to employees who * resign or are discharged* (decision of the ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"As against the Merchants' Bank and Norwood, the two mortgage creditors are entitled
to a pro rata distribution of the surplus proceeds of the •ale. ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Held, that by "pro rata" was meant the proportion which each devisee was to pay
of the ... "pro rata" means according to a measure which fixes proportions. ..."
4. The Contract of Affreightment as Expressed in Charterparties and Bills of Lading by Thomas Edward Scrutton (1886)
"To justify a claim for pro rata freight there must be such a voluntary acceptance
of the goods by their owner, at a point short of their final destination, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"Annuities of 1797 standing in the name of the Governor and Co. of the Bank of
England, be made among the present proprietors of Bank Stock pro rata ..."
6. The Law of Suretyship and Guaranty as Administered by Courts of Countries by George Washington Brandt (1905)
"Distribution among claimants pro rata when aggregate claims exceed the penalty.—Where
the claims recoverable under a government building bond exceed the ..."
7. The Contract of Affreightment as Expressed in Charter-parties and Bills of by Thomas Edward Scrutton (1893)
"To justify a claim for pro rata freight there must be such a voluntary acceptance
of the goods by their owner, at a point short of their final destination, ..."
8. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... as aforesaid, there remained to satisfy pro rata the judgments on claims of the
... that instead of distributing said last named sum pro rata among the ..."
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