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4 dictionary results for: Percentage
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
per·cent·age       [per-sen-tij] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a rate or proportion per hundred.
2.an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent.
3.a proportion in general: Only a small percentage of the class will graduate with honors.
4.gain; benefit; profit; advantage.
[Origin: 1780–90; percent + -age]

—Related forms
per·cent·aged, adjective

—Usage note See percent.
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per·cent·age       (pər-sěn'tĭj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
    2. The result obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.
  2. A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part: The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience.
  3. An amount, such as an allowance, duty, or commission, that varies in proportion to a larger sum, such as total sales: work for a percentage.
  4. Informal Advantage; gain: There is no percentage in work without pay.

Usage Note: When preceded by the, percentage takes a singular verb: The percentage of unskilled workers is small. When preceded by a, it takes either a singular or plural verb, depending on the number of the noun in the prepositional phrase that follows: A small percentage of the workers are unskilled. A large percentage of the crop has spoiled.

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percentage

noun
1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) 
2. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share] 

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Percentage

Per*cent"age\, n. [Per cent + -age, as in average. See Per, and Cent.] (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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