prorate
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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
You could prorate the mortgage costs so the partner moving in is paying a modest amount that feels reasonable.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 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 Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
They turned $4.5 million of Roullier’s base salary into a signing bonus, which prorates over the final three years of his deal and saves them $3 million in salary cap space this season.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
Cartons of milk at a dollar store are only 16 ounces – which prorates to $8 per gallon, more than what you’d pay for even top-of-the line milk at Whole Foods.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2018
Last year, they led the N.H.L. with 65 fighting majors; this season they were tied for 22nd with 18, which prorates to 31 over a full season.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2013
Colonel Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Railroad Commission which prorates Texas oil production, declared that Texas' 400,000 bbls. daily curtailment was being offset by uncontrolled production elsewhere.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The new deals typically add void years and convert salary into signing bonus that is prorated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
BlackRock will repurchase 5% of the requested shares, adhering to its stated threshold and cashing out investors prorated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
If too many people want out at once, investors get back a prorated amount of the redemptions they requested.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
While it lacks live support and has a prorated refund policy, these drawbacks are minor.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
I asked, unaware that this was the first official time of so many to come when I’d receive the prorated orphan discount.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
Specifically, the prorating of that bonus and the salary allows for the cap hit to be reduced to $5 million for the 2021 season — $4.86 million less than it had been.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Most insurance plan administrators and companies, however, don’t want to bother calculating and prorating payments for a few days late in a month.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 25, 2013
Any prorating based on a funding shortage would mean less money for people with other types of health problems.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2012
If owners add two games, they should compensate players by prorating their per-game salary over 18 games.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2010
Two were "hot oil" cases involving Section 9C of the Recovery Act, authorizing restriction and prorating.
From Time Magazine Archive
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