- proportion or rate per hundred parts
- the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items
- any proportion in relation to the whole
- informal profit or advantage
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
per•cent•age /pɚˈsɛntɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mathematics a rate per hundred:[countable]A high percentage of our students go on to college.
- an amount of money calculated by percent:[countable]high percentages in mortgage rates.
- a part in general;
portion:[countable]increasing percentages of happy campers every year. - gain;
benefit;
profit;
advantage:[countable* usually singular]no percentage in trying to deceive your customers.
per•cent•age
(pər sen′tij),USA pronunciation n.
per•cent′aged, adj.
- Mathematicsa rate or proportion per hundred.
- an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent.
- a proportion in general:Only a small percentage of the class will graduate with honors.
- gain;
benefit;
profit;
advantage.
- percent + -age 1780–90
- See percent.
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percentage /pəˈsɛntɪdʒ/ n
'percentage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affinity card
- annualize
- annual percentage rate
- APR
- basis point
- bonus
- cetane number
- coefficient of variation
- cost-plus
- direct-grant school
- discount
- drawdown
- efficiency
- error
- exchange
- haematocrit
- inheritance tax
- interest
- Laffer curve
- LD
- mark
- mark-up
- octane number
- pari-mutuel
- per cent
- plus
- rate of return
- relative humidity
- royalty
- service charge
- stakeholder
- taper relief
- trade discount
- unemployment
- yield
- ad valorem
- alcoholometer
- alkalic
- alkali rock
- alkali soil
- aluminum bronze
- articulation
- audience share
- BAC
- basal metabolic rate
- biological value
- blood sugar
- burnup
- buyout
- cain