proportion or rate per hundred parts the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items any proportion in relation to the whole profit or advantage
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per•cent•age /pɚˈsɛntɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Mathematics a rate per hundred:[countable]A high percentage of our students go on to college.
- an amount of money calculated by percent:[countable]high percentages in mortgage rates.
- a part in general;
portion:[countable]increasing percentages of happy campers every year. - gain;
benefit;
profit;
advantage:[countable* usually singular]no percentage in trying to deceive your customers.
per•cent•age
(pər sen′tij),USA pronunciation n.
per•cent′aged, adj.
- Mathematicsa 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.
- percent + -age 1780–90
- See percent.
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'percentage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
APR
- BAC
- Engel's law
- LD
- Laffer curve
- ad valorem
- affinity card
- alcoholometer
- alkali rock
- alkali soil
- alkalic
- aluminum bronze
- annual percentage rate
- annualize
- articulation
- audience share
- basal metabolic rate
- basis point
- biological value
- blood sugar
- bonus
- burnup
- buyout
- cain
- carrying charge
- cash discount
- cetane number
- coefficient of variation
- coinsurance
- collection agency
- commission
- contingent fee
- cost-plus
- cut
- cymogene
- defensive
- direct-grant school
- discount
- double-digit
- drawdown
- drunk
- efficiency
- error
- exchange
- exit poll
- factor of adhesion
- farm
- gelati
- glottochronology
- grade