Percentage

//pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. countable, uncountable

    "A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year."

  2. 2
    assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group wordnet
  3. 3
    A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar. countable, uncountable

    "She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold."

  4. 4
    a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent wordnet
  5. 5
    Benefit or advantage. countable, informal, uncountable

    "There was no percentage in staying at home."

Synonyms

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shareabatementabsolute interestadjunctadvantageadvantageousness

Example

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"What is the percentage of overseas markets for your products?"

Etymology

From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).

Related phrases

baker's percentagefield goal percentagefree throw percentageon-base percentagepercentage dicepercentage pointpercentage rateslugging percentagegross margin

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