The phrase "a proportionate amount of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a quantity that is appropriate or balanced in relation to something else.
Example: "In order to maintain fairness, each participant should receive a proportionate amount of the resources available."
Alternatives: "an appropriate quantity of" or "a balanced share of".
"Magazines began to calculate how much advertising a designer had paid for and offered a proportionate amount of editorial space.
"There is a proportionate amount of people who work hard and others who just have it handed to them.
I do, however, spend a proportionate amount of space on the personal, political and artistic history of major novels like "Main Street," and on their cultural impact.
Vitriolic as the attacks are, any successful band is liable to gain a proportionate amount of detractors, and Nickelback have shifted more than 50m records.
Because SiO2 is removed from the liquid R, a proportionate amount of enstatite must be crystallized from the liquid to keep its composition at point R.
Investors in the Wells Fargo security owned a proportionate amount of the JPMorgan security, but they also were the counterparties to Wells Fargo in an interest rate swap.
Another option, he said, was to reduce the 7percentt capital-gains tax rate by a proportionate amount to neutralize the impact of the new law.
"Your holiday costs also include the cost of your flights, so you will get back a proportionate amount," says Bob Atkinson of Travelsupermarket.com.
In addition, recital 27 now clarifies that in case of disproportionate costs the consumer's right to reimbursement of the cost of removing the non-conforming goods and of installing the replacement goods can be limited to a payment by the seller of a proportionate amount.
In September, Einstein submitted another short article on the relationship between mass and energy: when a body releases energy in the form of radiation its mass decreases by a proportionate amount.
If the index rises, your investment will increase by a proportionate amount.
