All 3 Uses of
commensurate
in
John Adams, by McCullough
- He thought public officials should not only be paid, but that their salaries should be commensurate with their responsibilities and necessary expenses.†
Subsection 3.8.2 *commensurate = proportionate
- It was thus essential to adorn the office of the President, the highest office, with commensurate "dignity and splendor."†
Subsection 3.8.2
- Though the "measures adopted to secure our country against foreign attacks," must not he renounced, the national defense must be "commensurate with our resources and the situation of our country."†
Subsection 3.10.3
Definition:
appropriate in proportion to