ratable

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He’s just a very intelligent, manageable, smart, ratable kind of horse that will do anything his rider tells him to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

As a matter of fact, the Russian idea of literary men is that they all hold some government or other appointment, on the committee of censorship, for example,--some ratable position.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

And never could he imagine or allow that his personal weight, and force, and worth were ratable by gymnastic tests.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

On the question to be determined he would have no advantage under a special act, inasmuch as there must be a ratable disability to entitle him to any payment in pursuance of its provisions.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

To direct the payment, therefore, of the whole amount of those claims which happened to be first adjudicated would prevent a ratable distribution of the fund among those equally entitled to its benefits.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)