Percentage definition

pər-sĕntĭj
percentages
See word origin
Frequency:
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.

noun
4
0
Any number or amount, as of interest, tax, etc., stated in percent.
noun
4
1
A given part or amount in every hundred.
noun
3
0
Percentage is a measure of a portion in relation to a whole, often expressed in relation to how many of something there are per 100.

When a group has half girls and half boys, this is an example of a situation where the percentage of boys in the group is equal to 50 percent.

noun
2
0
(informal) Advantage; gain.

There is no percentage in work without pay.

noun
2
0
Advertisement
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.

noun
1
0
(informal) Benefit or advantage.

There was no percentage in staying at home.

noun
1
0
A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part.

The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience.

noun
1
1
A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
noun
0
0
The result obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.
noun
0
0
Advertisement
Part; portion; share.

A percentage of the audience.

noun
0
0
Use; advantage; profit.

No percentage in worrying.

noun
0
0
A risk based on favorable odds.
noun
0
0
A share of the profits.

She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.

noun
0
0

Other Word Forms

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.

More sentences

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near percentage in the Dictionary