Meaning of percentage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
   countable, uncountable
2. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole
3. A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
4. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
   countable, uncountable
5. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar
6. A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part: The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience.
7. Benefit or advantage.
   countable, informal, uncountable
8. Benefit or advantage
9. 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.
10. Informal Advantage; gain: There is no percentage in work without pay.
    Informal
11. proportion or rate per hundred parts
12. (Commerce) commerce the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items
    commerce
13. any proportion in relation to the whole
14. informal profit or advantage
    informal
15. a rate or proportion per hundred.
16. an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent.

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Examples

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

“The replacement percentages are based largely on household spending data from the Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey.”

“Kramer said California’s legislation is weak compared to the laws in Norway and other European countries, which require a certain percentage of women on boards.”

“She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.”

“There was no percentage in staying at home.”

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