Proportion vs Allotment - What's the difference?
proportion | allotment | Related terms |
(lb) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
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(lb) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
(lb) Proper or equal share.
*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
*:Let the womendo the same things in their proportions and capacities.
The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
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*(Lancelot Ridley) (ca.1500-1576)
*:The image of Christ, made after his own proportion .
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:Formed in the best proportions of her sex.
* (1800-1859)
*:Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory.
A statement of equality between two ratios.
Size.
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, title= The act of allotting; assignment.
That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
(legal) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
(British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
Proportion is a related term of allotment.
As nouns the difference between proportion and allotment
is that proportion is proportion while allotment is the act of allotting; assignment.proportion
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