percentage
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
Noun 3 meanings
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.”
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
“She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.”
Benefit or advantage.
“There was no percentage in staying at home.”
Etymology
From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).
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PERCENTAGE at a glance
PERCENTAGE has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + C 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,059 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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