fair share
What's justly owed
Fair share is the portion someone deserves or is expected to contribute.
The phrase implies proportional distribution—everyone getting or giving what's appropriate to their stake: Pay your fair share of taxes, She's done more than her fair share of the work.
Often used to suggest someone isn't pulling their weight or is taking too much: He always wants more than his fair share.
- equitableJust and unbiased
- portionDivided share given
- piece of the piePortion of something divided
- deserveBe entitled to
- justiceFair treatment under law
due · pay your dues · entitled · owed · slice · piece · cut · even split · allotment · dividend · rightful · contribution · pull your weight · chip in · split · divide · equal · balanced
- Splitting costseven split, expense tracker, settling up, pro rata
- divisiondivision, divide, divided, dividing, split
- fairnessjustice, impartiality, equity, equal opportunity, equal treatment
- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, love thy neighbor
- proportionsratio, proportion, fraction, percentage, percent
- portionsportion, serving, half portion, helping, serving size
fair sharelion's share
Greatest part of total
hoarding · everything · monopoly · nothing · short end of the stick
fair sharefree ride
Benefit without cost
freeloading · tax evasion · shirking · exploitation · gaming the system
fair shareshortchanged
Given insufficient payment
cheated · stiffed · overcompensated · underpaid · overpaid
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