percentage
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
- (Philippine, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈpɚsɛnt(e)ɪd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: per‧cent‧age
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
percentage (countable and uncountable, plural percentages)
- 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.
- A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
- She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
- (informal) Benefit or advantage.
- There was no percentage in staying at home.
Usage notes edit
- A percentage is often denoted by the character (%).
- e.g. 50% denotes 50 per cent.
- For sports statistics, percentages are mostly expressed in American and Canadian English as proportions of up to three decimal places and are read as if they were whole numbers.
- e.g. (0).500 denotes five hundred, not 50% or 50 per cent.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
part of a whole
|
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- procentage (archaic)
Etymology edit
From percent + -age. Cf. English percentage, French percentage.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
percentage n (plural percentages)
- percentage (amount or rate as part of 100)
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: persentase