In telecommunication, the term proration has the following meanings:
1. 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. Synonymbudgeting.
2. In a telephoneswitching center, the distribution or allocation of equipment or components proportionally among a number of functions, to provide a requisite grade of service.
Roman argues, is that imputed service is not part of the proration calculation at all, and the period of imputed service should not be included in either the numerator or the denominator of the proration fraction.
That would be an extraordinarily high proration fraction for an employee who spent half of her career working half time, and it would be a much higher fraction than the proration fraction that would be produced by either Mr.
Proration factor means a fraction expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest percent.
Part B: Prorating Income As mentioned above, income received by an OFUM is only counted for the portion of the year that he or she was a member of a PSID family unit because we wish to match prior calendar year income with the family's needs during that same time period.
Proration factors were calculated for each type of income reported, as each could have been received in a different portion of the year.
Proration factors compared the months in which an income was received with the months in which an individual lived in the family.