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per·cent·age

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–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 Audio Help (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.
A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part: The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience.
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.
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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percentage1 [pəˈsentidʒ] noun

an amount, number or rate given as a fraction of one hundred
Example: We've expressed all these figures as percentages.

Arabic:	بِالمِئَه، في المائَه
Chinese (Simplified):	百分数
Chinese (Traditional):	百分數
Czech:	procento
Danish:	procent; procentsats
Dutch:	percentage
Estonian:	protsent
Finnish:	prosenttimäärä
French:	pourcentage
German:	die Prozente (pl.)
Greek:	ποσοστό επί τοις εκατό
Hungarian:	százalék(arány)
Icelandic:	prósenta
Indonesian:	persentase
Italian:	percentuale

Japanese:	パーセントの割合
Korean:	백분율, 백분비
Latvian:	procentuālā attiecība, procenti
Lithuanian:	procentinis dydis, santykis, skaičius
Norwegian:	prosent(del)
Polish:	procent, odsetek
Portuguese (Brazil):	porcentagem
Portuguese (Portugal):	percentagem
Romanian:	procent(aj)
Russian:	процент
Slovak:	percento
Slovenian:	odstotki
Spanish:	porcentaje
Swedish:	procenttal; procentuellt
Turkish:	yüzde oranı

percentage2 [pəˈsentidʒ] noun

a part or proportion of something
Example: A large percentage of the population can't read or write.

Arabic:	نِسْبَة مِئَوِيَّه، كَمِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	部分
Chinese (Traditional):	部分
Czech:	procento
Danish:	procentdel
Dutch:	percentage
Estonian:	osa
Finnish:	osuus
French:	proportion
German:	der Prozentsatz
Greek:	ποσοστό
Hungarian:	hányad
Icelandic:	prósenta, hlutfall, hluti
Indonesian:	sebagian
Italian:	percentuale

Japanese:	割合
Korean:	율, 비율
Latvian:	daļa
Lithuanian:	dalis
Norwegian:	prosent(del)
Polish:	procent
Portuguese (Brazil):	porcentagem
Portuguese (Portugal):	percentagem
Romanian:	parte, proporţie
Russian:	часть, доля
Slovak:	percento
Slovenian:	delež
Spanish:	porcentaje
Swedish:	procent, del
Turkish:	oran, nisbet

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