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percentage

English

Etymology

From Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), +? -age.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??s?nt?d??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /p??s?nt?d??/
  • Hyphenation: per?cent?age

Noun

percentage (plural percentages)

  1. 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.
  2. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
    She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
  3. (informal) Benefit or advantage.
    There was no percentage in staying at home.

Usage notes

  • A percentage is often denoted by the character (%).
Ex. 50% denotes 50 per cent.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • percent
  • percentile

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • procentage (archaic)

Etymology

From percent +? -age. Cf. English percentage, French percentage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?r.s?n?ta?.??/
  • Hyphenation: per?cen?ta?ge
  • Rhymes: -a???

Noun

percentage n (plural percentages)

  1. percentage (amount or rate as part of 100)

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percenter

English

Etymology

percent +? -er; the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.

Pronunciation

Noun

percenter (plural percenters)

  1. (in combination, preceded by a number) A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of the population.
  2. (slang, entertainment, including sports) An agent.

Related terms

  • one-percenter
  • ten-percenter

See also

  • Talent agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Literary agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Sports agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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