Pronounced: big DAY-tuh, noun
Notes: I wasn’t quite sure of the meaning of our phrase
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase pro rata means, as an adverb, “proportionally”. As an adjective, it means “proportional”
First usage
Our phrase came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
As I noted, I’ve run across the phrase, and while I had an idea of the meaning, I wasn’t fully sure of the meaning. Our phrase came from the Latin phrase pro rata (according to the calculated share).
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