To assign or allocate on a logical basis. For example, the materials price variance in a standard costing system is prorated to the following categories: materials inventory, work-in-process inventory, finished goods inventory, and the cost of goods sold. The proration is based on each categories’ amount of standard materials cost from the period of the variances.
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