commensurate

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 27, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>commensurate</strong> &#149; \kuh-MEN-suh-rut\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Commensurate</em> means "proportionate" or "equal in size, amount, or degree."</p> <p>// The job posting states that salary will be <em>commensurate</em> with experience.</p> <p>// The budget cuts of the community college are <em>commensurate</em> with other state-funded agencies and programs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commensurate">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Nationwide was originally founded in the 1920s as Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company with the idea of offering farmers automobile insurance that was more <em>commensurate</em> with their driving habits at a time when many were being charged similar rates to their counterparts in densely-populated urban areas." — Jason Bisnoff, <em>Forbes</em>, 29 Sept. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Commensurate</em> comes from the Latin word for the act of measuring, <em>mensūra</em>. That noun is based on <em>mensus</em>, the past participle of the verb <em>mētīrī</em>," meaning "to determine the extent of."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>