commensurate

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  1. adjective Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
  2. adjective Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance.
  3. adjective Measurable by a common standard; commensurable.

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  • The provision would apply to goods, ranging from steel and pipes to pulp and paper, from a nation whose rules are not deemed "commensurate" with that of the United States. —  Macleans.ca
  • More than likely, all the tenders the Packers use are right of first refusal, which means the compensation is commensurate with the round the player was drafted in. —  JSOnline.com
  • "Countermeasures must be commensurate with the injury suffered, taking into account the gravity of the internationally wrongful act and the rights in question." —  Rantings of an Arab Chick
  • And in many parts of the world, the number of educated people has risen far faster than the capacity of economies to reward them with positions they believe commensurate with their attainments. —  City Journal
  • There are cogent reasons for believing that a commensurate increase in oil production will not, indeed can not occur. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
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  1. Late Latin commēnsūrātus : Latin com-, com- + mēnsūrātus (from past participle of mēnsūrāre, to measure, from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure).

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  1. from Late Latin commensuratus, adjective, properly past participle of *commensurare, reduce to a common measure, from Latin com-, together, + Late Latin mensurare, measure: see measure, v. Cf. commeasure.
  2. from Late Latin commensuratus, past participle adjective: see the verb.
 

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