two-fifths
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It provides for the sale of four-fifths of certain land, while the mortgagor owned only two-fifths, and the decree was so drawn as to lead to an inference that the intention was that a two-fifths interest belonging to the plaintiff should be sold in connection with the mortgagor's interest."
- "If only an emulsion be required, a solution of rubber in benzine or other hydrocarbon, to which a small portion of alcohol has been added, is mixed by vigorous agitation with a two-fifths saturated solution of borax previously heated to about 120° to 140° Fahr., and the agitation must be continued—preferably by mechanical means, but not of too violent a character—until the mixture has cooled down to the temperature of the air, or nearly so."
- "A business buyer that bought a government property in 1960, for instance, would have paid about three-fifths (60.1 percent) of the price of the property, receiving about a two-fifths (39.9 percent) inflation windfall, instead of 33.6 and 66.4 percent, respectively, as was the case when purchased in 1953."
- "The company has calculated that, in some states, this reduction could impact more than two-fifths of its ABA therapy provider groups in network and up to 19% of its patients in therapy."