(of a payment or share of something )付款或份额 calculated according to how much of something has been used, the amount of work done, etc. synonym proportionate按比例的;成比例的;相应的 If costs go up, there will be a pro rata increase in prices. 如果成本增加,价格就会相应上涨。 Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro rata basis, according to length of service. 可享有的假期是根据服务期按比例计算的。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: Latin, literally ‘according to the rate’.