This week’s theme
Adverbs

This week’s words
ad hoc
wherewith
inter alia
athwart
pro rata

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PRONUNCIATION:

(pro RAY-tuh, RAH-)

MEANING:

adverb: Proportionally.
adjective: Proportional.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin pro rata (according to the calculated share). Earliest documented use: 1575.

USAGE:

“The distribution would be pro rata on length of service.”
Dennis Conroy; The Cairo Connection; Trafford; 2005.

See more usage examples of pro rata in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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