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Percentage

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Noun

1. pct, per centum, percent, percentage

a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

2. part, percentage, portion, share

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

Example Sentences:
'he wanted his share in cash'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Percentage

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noun
1. 
proportion or rate per hundred parts
2. business
the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items
3. 
any proportion in relation to the whole
4. informal
profit or advantage

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Percentage

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noun
1. 
a given part or amount in every hundred
2. 
any number or amount, as of interest, tax, etc., stated in percent
3. 
part; portion; share
a percentage of the audience
4.  US, Informal
a. 
use; advantage; profit
no percentage in worrying
b.  [usually pl.]
a risk based on favorable odds

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Percentage

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n.
1.
a. A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
b. The result obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.
2. A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part: The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience.
3. 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.
4. Informal Advantage; gain: There is no percentage in work without pay.

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