equal percentage

collocation in English

meaningsofequalandpercentage

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equal
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.kwəl/us
/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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percentage
noun
uk
/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us
/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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(Definition ofequalandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, it requiresequalpercentageconcessions in the total utility gains available to each party from cooperation.
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Thus, an increase in the probability of detection, say through increased monitoring effort, is more likely to prevent violation than anequalpercentageincrease in the fine.
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For each parasite species, frequencies of the average position on the gills or gill arch and ellipses, including anequalpercentageof values for each species were plotted.
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You cannot just say that all sectors must receive anequalpercentageof the agriculture budget.
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It is an effect of percentage increases that if anequalpercentageincrease is given to two unequal sums, the differential widens.
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That is whyequalpercentagereductions are no answer.
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Nevertheless, even anequalpercentagewould be better than no reduction at all, because it would lessen the burden on both sides.
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The three partners may chose equal proportion reduction instead ofequalpercentagereduction.
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The three partners may agree to reduce their equity byequalpercentage.
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In the case of this you win the full pot and in addition each player pays anequalpercentageto match the pot.
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Males and females each have anequalpercentageof the population.
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However, his production function is subject to increasing returns to scale (which means that, output increases more than proportionally to anequalpercentageincrease in all inputs).
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It takes but 1/2 inch of ice to reduce the lifting power of some aircraft by 50 percent and increases the frictional drag by anequalpercentage.
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Equal percentages of women and men (around 3 per cent) report receiving vote requests from community groups.
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The full text repository is made up of fifty percent journal articles, andequalpercentageof conference (proceeding) papers, and other accessible literature is also included.
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In general, the 'splitting the difference' strategy does not lead to equal division of the same pot, since people will be conceding equal percentages of different claimed amounts.
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We also feel that reductions in terms of equal percentages or equal numbers would not be sufficient.
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In the adult group, males and females show almost equal percentages of mortality.
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