proration (English, noun)
expansion: proration (countable and uncountable, plural prorations)
Senses:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: In budgeting, the proportional distribution or allocation of parameters, such as noise power and transmission losses, among a number of tandem-connected items, such as equipment, cables, links, or trunks, in order to balance the performance of communications circuits.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: In a telephone switching center, the distribution or allocation of equipment or components proportionally among a number of functions, to provide a requisite grade of service.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: In the insurance industry, the act of taking money that is currently due from the insurance company and moving it to the patient, knowing that the dollar amount being moved is due from the patient as a deductible, coinsurance, or copayment amount.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: prorations
tags: plural