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proportionment

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[pruh-pawr-shuhn-muhnt, -pohr-] / prəˈpɔr ʃən mənt, -ˈpoʊr- /

noun

  1. the act of proportioning.

  2. the state of being proportioned.

Etymology

Origin of proportionment

First recorded in 1690–1700; proportion + -ment

Example Sentences

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By those only who do not pay enough; they will pay what they ought, according to a just proportionment, and nobody will be aggrieved.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

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