prorate
proh rayt
- v make a proportional settlement or distribution
- v divide or assess proportionally
The rent was prorated for the rest of the month
- Broadly it empowered the Texas Railroad Commission to prorate oil and gas production in the different pools and prevent "physical waste.
- When that went under, the job of issuing production quotas was assumed by prorate boards in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, cooperating through an .
- Governor Sterling was expected to lift martial law after 30 days when the Texas Railroad Commission, under the new conservation law, would prorate Texas oil production at 880 .