Proportion has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Taxes should be levied in proportion to ability to pay and in proportion to the benefits received. Income was wisely chosen as the measure of benefits and of ability to pay. | |
| 2. | It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. | |
| 3. | You will progress in proportion to your abilities. | |
| 4. | The wages will be paid in proportion to the work done. | |
| 5. | The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises. | |
| 6. | Each man's pay will be in proportion to his work. | |
| 7. | Each man's pay was in proportion to his work. | |
| 8. | Our earnings are in proportion to our real ability. | |
| 9. | With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good. | |
| 10. | Robert got a small proportion of the profit. |