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[ adverb ] to a proportionate degree
Synonyms Examples "your salary will rise proportionately to your workload" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Your competition is now proportionately greater - you are competing not_only against manufacturers in the same field but also against a vast array of manufacturers of other appealing consumer products . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)( We abstract here from technological progress and assume that prices of all other products change proportionately . ) The entry limiting price will also be raised for potential domestic competition , but unless general inflation permits profit_margins to increase proportionately throughout the economy , we might expect the public limit price to approach the entry limit price . Finally , since the public requires some restraint on the part of the companies , larger wage increases call_for less_than proportionately larger price increases ( e._g. , if a wage increase of 5 % allows a price increase of 7 % , a wage increase of 10 % allows a price increase of something less_than 14 % ) . |
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[ adverb ] to a proportionate degree
Examples "the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions" Related terms |
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