percentage
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
» Tom wants a better percentage of the profits.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Prozentsatz, Hundertsatz, Vomhundertsatz
проце́нтprocént, проце́нтное отноше́ниеprocéntnoje otnošénije
відсо́токvidsótok
(countable, uncountable)A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
prozentualer Anteil, Hundertteil, Hundertanteil
відсо́токvidsótok, до́ляdólja
(countable, informal, uncountable)Benefit or advantage.
There was no percentage in staying at home.
- a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Examples
52 sentencesTom wants a better percentage of the profits.
What percentage of the students are admitted to colleges?
What percentage of the students in your class are girls?
What percentage of marriages end in divorce?
ruКакой процент браков заканчивается разводом? — odexed
The percentage of carbohydrates in animal cells is approximately 6 percent.
Translations
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Origin
From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a ratFrom percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).
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Forms
plural: percentagesSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable