Meaning & use
Ratios
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Quantitative relationships between two or more amounts showing how many times one value contains or is contained within another.
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The recipe calls for a ratio of two parts flour to one part sugar.
Investors compare debt-to-equity ratios before choosing a stock.
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The plural of 'ratio', from the Latin word for 'reckoning' or 'calculation'; ratios are typically written with a colon, such as 3:1.
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proportionsrates
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