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percentage

Main Entry:: per·cent·age
Pronunciation:: \pər-ˈsen-tij\
Function:: 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 winnings or profits b: advantage, profit <no percentage in going around looking like an old sack of laundry — Wallace Stegner>3: an indeterminate part : proportion4 a: probability b: favorable odds

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