proportional share

collocation in English

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proportional
adjective
uk
/prəˈpɔː.ʃən.əl/us
/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən.əl/
If two amounts are proportional, they change at the same rate so that the relationship between them does ...
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share
noun
uk
/ʃeər/us
/ʃer/
a part of something that has been divided between ...
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(Definition ofproportionalandsharefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Secondly, they had a right to aproportionalshareof the agricultural settlement's harvest.
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Issues like the sales management, creation of clientele of merchants, as well as theirproportionalshare in the total investment and benefits, remain obscure.
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In fact, they also detected a slight tendency for smaller parties to receive more than theirproportionalshareof portfolios (and for larger parties to receive correspondingly less).
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Model 4, by showing formateurs capturing more than theirproportionalshareof portfolio benefits, presents a very different picture from that gleaned from the examination of portfolio numbers.
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The parks should have aproportionalshareof that income from tourism.
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In that case there would be £1,075 plus £6,000 as theproportionalshareof expenses.
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He gave the figure of a possible £50 million as being ourproportionalshareof the subscription.
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Whoever it may be, it is important that they feel able to play a part and have aproportionalshareof power in the bodies.
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When catch opportunities increase or decline in a given fishery, all states with legally recognised stakes in that fishery derive aproportionalshareof the spoils.
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In comparison, for electoral systems using proportional representation small groups win only theirproportionalshareof representation.
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He was elected in theproportionalsharefor the small center party.
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Votes below the 3% threshold are discarded which increases theproportionalshareof seats allocated to the remaining party/blocs.
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The investor'sproportionalshareof the associate company's net income increases the investment (and a net loss decreases the investment), and proportional payment of dividends decreases it.
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Asset composition can be defined as the proportional shares of the different financial instruments held by the central bank in the total value of its assets.
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