proportionate 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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It is like a private good in that, in equilibrium, the typical agent receives hisproportionateshareof the good.
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Let the arbitrary dictation and exploitation of capital be met and opposed by regulations for the protection of the wage-labourer and for securing him aproportionatesharein the profits.
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Presumably it will be aproportionateshareof the cost of educating the pupil for a year.
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This approach would, of course, be less and less appropriate as theproportionateshareheld by an association diminished.
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The amount includes aproportionateshareof annual, etc.
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The employer will pay the sameproportionateshareas at present.
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Colleges and other educational establishments will also receive theirproportionateshare.
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No one would invest a disproportionate amount in a business and not expect to get aproportionatesharein the equity.
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If the costs go higher, as they often do, theproportionateshareof the burden will fall even further.
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Under proportional representation the minority party would have approximately aproportionateshareof the representation.
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Should they retire before 70 they will get theirproportionateshareof the increments.
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They will have aproportionateshareof the £4·5 billion.
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We shall certainly take ourproportionateshareof the capital of the bank.
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Nor could we justify tax relief on the grounds that self-employed people are currently paying a dis-proportionatesharein their contributions.
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But the fact remains that the better-off children get a much biggerproportionateshareof the national help that we give to education.
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This deficit is arrived at after charging against them aproportionateshareof the general expenses of the telegraph service.
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That rent includes aproportionateshareof the rates.
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Aproportionateshareof the fund, including the relevant proportion of any surplus, would also be transferred.
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The world export trade has increased very considerably, but ourproportionateshareof it has fallen off.
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He ignored the fact that, at the same time, we had the lowestproportionateshareof world exports than at any other time.
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