Percentage Definition

pər-sĕntĭj
percentages
noun
percentages
A given part or amount in every hundred.
Webster's New World
A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
American Heritage
The result obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.
American Heritage
Part; portion; share.
A percentage of the audience.
Webster's New World
Any number or amount, as of interest, tax, etc., stated in percent.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Percentage

Noun

Singular:
percentage
Plural:
percentages

Origin of Percentage

Percentage Sentence Examples

  • Amazon even tells you what percentage of people buys each one.

  • It has been thought that it refers to the fact that ants form a large percentage of the prey of the insect, the suffix "lion" merely suggesting destroyer or eater.

  • Food in the United States is so inexpensive as a percentage of national income that it literally is a throwaway item.

  • Pop. of the municipality (1900), 2 9,33 1, a large percentage being summer residents, as the census was taken late in December; (1902, municipal census), 18, 373.

  • I I the edge of the disk serves as the pointer and the scale gives the percentage of slack, or (N - n)/n.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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