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percentage

[ per-sen-tij ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a 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.

percentage

/ pəˈsɛntɪdʒ /

First recorded in 1780–90; percent + -age

By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.

Most importantly, they were all deleted long before that percentage could rise any higher.

And it has a high percentage of women who say their husbands forbid them from working.

With a .700 career winning percentage as a coach in college and the NFL, Harbaugh is a winner.

About half of Turkers live in the United States, a percentage that is increasing.

Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.

The weight percentage can be found by referring to Purdy's tables, given later.

The percentage of gold to the notes—the main demand liability—has, of course, fallen from about 65 to 35 per cent.

The percentage of reserves to deposits, which marks the safety line for England, refers to the items in the banking department.

When a convenient number of coffee-beans is used (any multiple of 100), the percentage calculation is extremely easy.

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