pro·por·tion·ate
prə-ˈpȯr-shə-ˌnāt 
proportionated; proportionating
: to make proportionate : proportion
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Examples of proportionate in a Sentence
Adjective
Each investor will receive a proportionate share of the profits.
expect financial returns proportionate to your efforts
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Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
If a partnership transfers property to a foreign corporation, the U.S. partners (and not the partnership) must separately file the form with each domestic partner treated as a transferor of its proportionate share of the property.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Sylvie Corbet, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
The two-round voting system is complex and not proportionate to the nationwide support for a party.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 June 2022
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Adjective
International law allows for strikes on military targets in areas where civilians are present, provided the force used is proportionate to the military objective – something that is often disputed and would need to be settled in a court, which almost never happens.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
If a partnership transfers property to a foreign corporation, the U.S. partners (and not the partnership) must separately file the form with each domestic partner treated as a transferor of its proportionate share of the property.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
France’s two-round voting system is complex and not proportionate to the nationwide support for a party.
—Sylvie Corbet, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
The two-round voting system is complex and not proportionate to the nationwide support for a party.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 June 2022
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proportionate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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