percentage

Plural: percentages

Noun

• a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
• assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
• The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
• A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
• Benefit or advantage.

Examples

• A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.
• She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
• There was no percentage in staying at home.

Synonyms

part, pct, per centum, percent, portion, share, centage

Related Words

percent, percentile, permillage, permyriad