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percentage

percentage

712 2.1
A part of a whole shown as a number out of 100
  • noun
  • /pərˈsɛntɪdʒ/
translation icon : porcentaje
  • The data points can then be graphed, and simple percentages can be reported to team members.
  • percentage point
  • a high percentage
  • a large percentage

I've invested, you know, nice percentage of my own funds.

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Examples

  • As the table on page 10 shows, solar power represents a meager percentage of generation capacity.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I ask those people, what percentage of the time do you keep reading?

    Film Courage

  • So how do you increase your confidence percentage with proof?

    Alex Hormozi

  • I guess they have like a percentage of views right per video.

  • January also has a higher percentage of it being a girl.

    The Benchwarmers (2006)

  • It's a small percentage of the population that can do this, all right?

    Gran Turismo (2023)

  • You know what percentage of taxes rich pay?

    Tom Bilyeu

  • Movements for justice have historically been driven by a small percentage of any population.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Britain currently has the highest percentage of vegetarians in Europe, about five percent of the population.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The list ranks companies with the highest percentage growth in revenue over the past three years.

Synonyms

percent
vspercentage
∞ 1.0

One part in every hundred used to show a rate

is a general share expressed as a fraction of one hundred
pct
vspercentage
3 3.3

A number showing how many parts out of one hundred

is the full word for that proportion rather than an abbreviation
per centum
vspercentage
7.6

A number that shows how much out of every hundred

is the same idea but in more common general noun form

Compounds

percentage sign
1.3

A symbol % that shows a number out of 100

How Large

majority
∞ 2.1
percentage
712 2.1
fraction
  • Specialized
20 2.6

Surface Forms

percentage singular
percentages plural

Morphology

percentage = percent (transparent) = percent + age

The word is transparently formed from 'percent' plus the noun-forming suffix '-age', giving the sense of an amount expressed per hundred.

Etymology

Percentage comes from the parts per 'for each' and cent 'hundred', the same idea behind percent. So a percentage is a share 'out of 100'—think of a cake cut into 100 pieces to see how much you have.