different between ration vs percentage

English

Etymology

From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??n/, enPR: r?sh??n

Noun

ration (plural rations)

1. A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.

   • The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.

Translations

Verb

ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)

1. (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.

   We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.

2. (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

   By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.

3. (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)

   Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.

Derived terms

• deration

Synonyms

• Hooverize

Translations

Anagrams

• Natori, Nortia, Torain, Torian, Triano, Troian, aroint

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rati?nem (accusative of rati?). Compare the inherited raison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.sj??/

Noun

ration f (plural rations)

1. ration

Further reading

• “ration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• trônai

Interlingua

Noun

ration (plural rationes)

1. ratio, proportion

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)