allocate
verbTo assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.
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commensurate
adjectiveCorresponding in size, degree, or value to something else.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsdisproportionate
adjectiveToo large, small, or unequal in relation to something else.
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nounA change that misrepresents or alters the true shape, meaning, or proportion of something.
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adjectiveChanging by a constant proportional factor over equal intervals, or relating to a quantity expressed with an exponent.
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noun phraseA model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.
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adjectiveGiving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.
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adjectiveCorresponding appropriately in size, amount, or degree to something else.
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