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• n  the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
• n  the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

• Clearly, that a lower ratio pointed to higher profits speaks to a little more than finger length.
• A reader has asked me to link to this article about what price-rent ratios are telling us about the state of the housing market.
• Price-rent ratio is the quick and dirty way of doing it but that also makes it more accessible.

• proportion

News & Articles

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• Price-to-Earnings Ratio: An Alternative View
  Price-to-Earnings Ratio: An Alternative View        
  June 14, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Waist-to-height ratio may be better indicator for health risks than BMI
  Waist-to-height ratio may be a more accurate measure of cardiovascular health risk than the current standard, the body mass index, a local expert says. He's confident that the waist-to-height ratio may soon eclipse the BMI as a measure of risk for life...
  June 14, 2013 - MedCity News
• Adonis Golden Ratio: Review Reveals John Barban's 5 Steps To A Perfect Body
  Daily Gossip Magazine will expose the steps to a perfectly chiseled male body, The Adonis Golden Ratio, a program developed by John Barban. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Adonis-Golden-Ratio-Tips/Secret-Forumula/prweb10829414.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
  Even with the surge of troops, in a city of 6 million people you're talking about a ratio that would still be roughly above one to 100,Biden said. "It's bound to draw down support that we need in other parts of Iraq, including Anbar...
• Joe Maddon in TSN
  I looked them up. What a team. 100 wins, 54 losses,Maddon said. "But the interesting part was the walk to strikeout ratio. ...... Most of them had more walks than strikeouts. I'm looking for that positive vibe, and there it was. ...... A...
• Robert Zoellick in AFP
  My support for the Conference Report on the stimulus package will require that the Senate compromise bill come back virtually intact including, but not limited to, overall spending, the current ratio of tax cuts to spending, and the $110 billion in... Arlen Specter http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlen_Specter&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGw01bTf5CKET4_0ONvWTND1tHnOg CNN http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/09/stimulus.plan/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHNI3fMaXSo4rMJZaOB3LFkyyd3QA Feb 9, 2009 80416 108429 ration As we start to get towards the middle of next year, we are going to start to face some serious constraints, and we would have to ration and obviously focus on the lowest-income countries," Zoellick said at a news conference in Istanbul.