equitable
/ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/ adjective C1- Marked by or having equity.
- Fair, just, or impartial.
- Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law; relating to equity or courts of equity.
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de Villefort, be, as you always are, kind and equitable, and give him back to us soon.” This give us sounded revolutionary in the deputy’s ears.
“It is a great honor to me,” returned Monte Cristo, “to be thus, on the first day of my arrival in Paris, brought in contact with a man whose merit equals his reputation, and to whom fortune has for once been equitable, but has she not still on the plains of Mitidja, or in the mountains of Atlas, a marshal’s staff to offer you?”
Some progressive restaurants have attempted to eliminate gratuities altogether by raising their menu prices to fund equitable wages.
Whether the American public will eventually demand a structural transition to a more equitable, wage-based model remains an entirely open question.
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