commensurate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   In proportion to something; matching it in size, degree, or amount.

   Your pay should be commensurate with the hours you work.

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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