percentage

[ per-sen-tij ]
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noun
  1. a rate or proportion per hundred.

  2. an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent.

  1. a proportion in general: Only a small percentage of the class will graduate with honors.

  2. gain; benefit; profit; advantage.

Origin of percentage

1
First recorded in 1780–90; percent + -age

confusables note For percentage

See percent.

Other words from percentage

  • per·cent·aged, adjective

Words that may be confused with percentage

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British Dictionary definitions for percentage

percentage

/ (pəˈsɛntɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. proportion or rate per hundred parts

  2. commerce the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items

  1. any proportion in relation to the whole

  2. informal profit or advantage

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