Collocations for "percentage"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "percentage" in context.
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percentage
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [high, low] percentage of [students, the population, people, patients]
- only a certain percentage of [students] [can, will, should]
- a relatively [high] percentage of [students]
- the percentage of [students] who
- alcohol percentage by volume
- percentage by weight
- [a significant, an insignificant] percentage of
- a [high] percentage [pass, fail, enter, join]
- the [highest, lowest] percentage of
- need a [higher] percentage of
- (the graph) shows the percentage of [students] who
- takes a small percentage on (all) [sales, transactions]
- a [high] percentage of
- the annual percentage of
- percentage points
- a [high, low] percentage rate
- has a percentage share in
- a [thirty] -percentage [increase, change, decrease] (in)
- [34] percentage points
- a [high, low] percentage rate
- has a percentage share in
- a [34] -percentage-point [increase, change, decrease] (in)
'percentage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alcohol
- body
- constitute
- consumption
- deposit
- deviation
- discard
- employment
- express
- high
- increase
- large
- minor
- negligible
- no
- occupation
- own
- pass
- proceed
- significant
- thereof
- tiny
- unemployment
- very
- winning
- yes