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per⋅cent⋅age

  [per-sen-tij]
–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.
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Origin:
1780–90; percent + -age

Related forms:
per⋅cent⋅aged, adjective

Usage note:
See percent.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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per·cent·age   (pər-sěn'tĭj)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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