Percentage

  • 11percentage — per|cen|tage W3 [pəˈsentıdʒ US pər ] n 1.) [U and C] an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 percentage of ▪ The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent. ▪ Tax is paid as a percentage of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12percentage */*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈsentɪdʒ] / US [pərˈsentɪdʒ] noun Word forms percentage : singular percentage plural percentages 1) a) [countable/uncountable] maths an amount or rate that is equal to a particular part of a total that you have divided by 100 14% of land …

    English dictionary

  • 13percentage — noun 1 (C, U) technical an amount stated as if it is part of a whole which is 100: What percentage of school leavers go to university? About five per cent. | high/low percentage: A high percentage of married women have part time jobs. | in… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14percentage — per|cent|age [ pər sentıdʒ ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount an amount or rate that is equal to a particular part of a total that you have divided by 100: percentage of: Calculate what percentage of your income you spend on food. 14% of land is… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15percentage — n. profit (colloq.) percentage in (there is no percentage in investing more money) * * * [pə sentɪdʒ] [ profit ] (colloq.) percentage in (there is no percentage in investing more money) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 16percentage — noun Date: circa 1789 1. a. a part of a whole expressed in hundredths < a high percentage of students attended > b. the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent < the percentage equals the rate times the base > 2. a. a share of&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17percentage — noun a) 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. b) A share of the profits. She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold …

    Wiktionary

  • 18percentage — /pə sentɪdʒ/ noun an amount shown as part of one hundred ▪▪▪ ‘…state owned banks cut their prime rates a percentage point to 11%’ [Wall Street Journal] ▪▪▪ ‘…a good percentage of the excess stock was taken up during the last quarter’ [Australian&#8230; …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 19percentage — (pèr san ta j ) s. m. Droit de tant pour cent. Le percentage douanier. •   M. Magnin, qui a l expérience de ces matières, sait qu il faut faire une sorte de percentage des produits de toute l année pour arriver à une utile répartition par mois …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 20percentage — [[t]pə(r)se̱ntɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ percentages N COUNT: usu N of n A percentage is a fraction of an amount expressed as a particular number of hundredths of that amount. Only a few vegetable origin foods have such a high percentage of protein …

    English dictionary