dealing with redundancies

[rainous]

"A quarter of the profit goes to the future of the company, a quarter to the stockholders, a quarter to the contribution to American society and finally a quarter to the employees of the company. "

What are some good ways to phrase a sentence like this?

Using "a quarter" over and over just doesn't seem natural.

Thanks

[J&K Tutoring]

"A quarter of the profit goes to the future of the company, a quarter to the stockholders, a quarter to the contribution to American society and finally a quarter to the employees of the company. "

You might say, "Profits are split four ways, with equal shares going to investments in growth, stockholder dividends, a contribution to American society, and the remainder distributed among the employees."

[rainous]

I appreciate your suggestion but I was expecting minor changes to what I had, if possible, not the whole revamping of the sentence.

[Michael84]

quarter Synonym

[Barb_D]

J&K's solution is very similar to what I would have suggested.

A bit closer to yours:

Profits are divided into equal quarters: one quarter goes to A, one to B, one to C, and the last to D.

[billmcd]

"A quarter of the profit goes to the future of the company, a quarter to the stockholders, a quarter to the contribution to American society and finally a quarter to the employees of the company. "

What are some good ways to phrase a sentence like this?

Using "a quarter" over and over just doesn't seem natural.

Thanks

One possibility: A quarter of the profit is distributed equally among the future of the company, the stockholders, American society and employees of the company.

[J&K Tutoring]

"A quarter of the profit goes to the future of the company, a quarter to the stockholders, a quarter to the contribution to American Society (I assume this is the name of the charity) and finally a quarter to the employees of the company. "

Not really a problem repeating the word quarter, as it accurately reflects the distribution.