PERCENTAGE

Percentage

In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", or the abbreviation "pct."

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percentage

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A share of the profits.
    She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
  3. Benefit or advantage.
    There was no percentage in staying at home.


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