fair share

collocation in English

meaningsoffairandshare

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fair
adjective
uk
/feər/us
/fer/
treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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share
noun
uk
/ʃeər/us
/ʃer/
a part of something that has been divided between ...
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(Definition offairandsharefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffair share

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Thatfairshareis defined by reference to the individual's talents and skills.
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Everyone should, therefore, bear afairshareof the burden of safety.
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Those with at least theirfair-sharehave nofairsharecomplaints.
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More than afairshareof these entries are placed as prominently as possible, in the soprano or the bass.
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Nevertheless, base plusfairshareis not a reversion point.
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Certainly, they had a right to a decent life and afairsharein the outcome of agricultural production.
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It therefore seems crucial to involve the local people in wildlife management and give them afairshareof the revenues and benefits.
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It doesn't change the fact that, if any transmitting gets done, he does hisfairshare.
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Do services and initiatives that aim to meet mental health needs get theirfairshareof available health care system funding?
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The reason is not that she has already had herfairshare, even though she has had at least three transplants.
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Even those who have more than theirfairsharehave envy complaints if they are not a best-off person.
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From the point of view of equalization everybody should be entitled to theirfairshareof health and length of life.
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They use theirfairshare, but no more than theirfairshare, of the socially available pool of healthcare resources.
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There is a logic to this, with increased numbers possibly raising the legitimacy of a claim to afairshare.
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