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Pro Rata

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Proportionately; according to a certain rate, percentage or proportion. Thus, the creditors (of the same class) of an insolvent estate are to be paid pro rata; that is, each is to receive a dividend bearing the same ratio to the whole amount of his claim that the aggregate of assets bears to the aggregate of debts.