Definition of PERCENTAGE

percentage

Meanings

Plural: percentages

Noun

  • a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
  • The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
  • A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
  • Benefit or advantage.

Origin / Etymology

From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).

Synonyms

centage, part, pct, per centum, percent, portion, share

Scrabble Score: 15

percentage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
percentage is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
percentage is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

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