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Men dividing a part somehow in accordance with a certain percentage

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I believe the answer is:

pro rata

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'accordance with a certain percentage' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'men dividing a part somehow' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'dividing' indicates putting letters inside.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'part'='apart'
'apart' anagrammed gives 'prata'.
'or' placed into 'prata' is 'PRO RATA'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pro rata that I've seen before include "fairly divided" , "In proportion (Latin)" , "Proportionately based" , "Proportional, according to the rate" , "maintaining correspondence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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