percentage
a rate or proportion per hundred.
an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent.
a proportion in general: Only a small percentage of the class will graduate with honors.
gain; benefit; profit; advantage.
Origin of percentage
1confusables note For percentage
Other words from percentage
- per·cent·aged, adjective
Words that may be confused with percentage
- percent, percentage , percentile (see confusables note at percent)
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How to use percentage in a sentence
The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.
He has to get this right, or every time he makes a budget forecast or talks about tax percentages, he is going to be screwed.
At one point, he asked reporters in the room to provide him with up-to-date numbers on voting percentages.
And Asians voted at even higher percentages for Obama than Hispanics: 79 percent in California.
The overall percentages, respectively, are 80, 79, 70, and 74.
While the bulk of both armies was made up of veteran troops, each had considerable percentages of raw levies.
Stone's River | Wilson J. VanceVarious divisions by percentages have been made of the family income.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchyHigh percentages were found in three creeks—Cedar, Otter, and Spring.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. MetcalfPercentages noted in the List of Species represent the relative number taken in the first five seine-hauls at each station.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. MetcalfIn the newer States to the West, the percentages rise still higher.
The Scandinavian Element in the United States | Kendric Charles Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for percentage
/ (pəˈsɛntɪdʒ) /
proportion or rate per hundred parts
commerce the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items
any proportion in relation to the whole
informal profit or advantage
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