percentage

From Latin per centum, "for every hundred", + -age (Forming nouns indicating a rate).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
• Hyphenation: per‧cent‧age

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percentage (plural percentages)

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

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

2. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.

   She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.

3. (informal) Benefit or advantage.

   There was no percentage in staying at home.

• A percentage is often denoted by the character (%).

Ex. 50% denotes 50 per cent.

• percent
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