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percentage

4 entries found.



Main Entry:
per·cent·age Listen to the pronunciation of percentage
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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