The phrase "assume a portion of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the allocation or acceptance of responsibility, costs, or tasks in a specific context.
Example: "In this partnership, we will assume a portion of the project costs to ensure its success."
Alternatives: "take on part of" or "accept a share of".
Consider now an AEZ in region r with n types of original land cover classifications and assume a portion of each type of land classification is already converted to cropland.
James E. Moore II, a faculty member at USC's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events and chairman of the university's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, said that the federal government should assume a portion of the financial risk by funding demonstration projects.
Common examples of deviations include the following: When the party who will live in the home with the children cannot afford to pay the mortgage, both parties may assume a portion of the debt, and the spouse who does not keep the house may be awarded a future lump sum payment for their equity in the home.
Accordingly, we made a slight downward adjusted to the firm's innovation premium using a formula that compares the particular domestic region's growth and compares it to rest of the world and assumes a portion of a company's growth will come from those differences in market growth.
Accordingly, we made a slight downward adjusted to the firm's innovation premium using a formula that compares the particular domestic region's growth and compares it to rest of the world and assumes a portion of a company's growth will come from those differences in domestic market growth.
These patterns are consistent with models of gene duplicate divergence in which a gene duplicate assumes a portion of the function and/or expression of a progenitor gene having broad function and/or expression.
Because of foreign investment expansion in the U.S., it's relatively safe to assume that a portion of those dollars will go into alternative funding options like real estate crowdfunding.
The White House troika of Mr. Rove, Andrew Card, the chief of staff, and Karen Hughes, a counselor to the president, must take a major portion of the blame for the defection and must assume a major portion of the responsibility for getting Mr. Bush back to the center.
Cereal yield potential on a grid cell is partly explained by irrigation; in general, potential yield in a cell is higher if we assume a significant portion of cropland in the cell is irrigated instead of rainfed.
B1 City Rejects Pataki's Offer Governor Pataki said the state would assume a large portion of New York City's debt payments on 1970's bonds.
The San Francisco Giants have shown serious interest in Hernández but want the Yankees to assume a large portion of Hernández's $3.2 million salary.
