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The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.
Hank Aaron

Meaning of "percentage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERCENTAGE

percentage  [pəˈsɛntɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERCENTAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Percentage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERCENTAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Percentage

The word 'percent' means 'out of 100' or 'per 100'. 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." For example, 45% is equal to 45/100, or 0.45. A related system which expresses a number as a fraction of 1,000 uses the terms "per mil" and "millage". Percentages are used to express how large or small one quantity is relative to another quantity. The first quantity usually represents a part of, or a change in, the second quantity. For example, an increase of $ 0.15 on a price of $ 2.50 is an increase by a fraction of 0.15/2.50 = 0.06. Expressed as a percentage, this is therefore a 6% increase. Percentages are usually used to express values between zero and one. However, it is possible to express any ratio as a percentage; for example, 111% is 1.11 and −35% is −0.35.

Definition of percentage in the English dictionary

The first definition of percentage in the dictionary is proportion or rate per hundred parts. Other definition of percentage is the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items. Percentage is also any proportion in relation to the whole.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERCENTAGE


advantage
ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
centage
ˈsɛntɪdʒ
chantage
ˈtʃɑːntɪdʒ
clientage
ˈklaɪəntɪdʒ
cottage
ˈkɒtɪdʒ
disadvantage
ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
footage
ˈfʊtɪdʒ
frontage
ˈfrʌntɪdʒ
heritage
ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ
mintage
ˈmɪntɪdʒ
nonvintage
nɒnˈvɪntɪdʒ
parentage
ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ
plantage
ˈplɑːntɪdʒ
reportage
rɪˈpɔːtɪdʒ
tentage
ˈtɛntɪdʒ
vantage
ˈvɑːntɪdʒ
ventage
ˈvɛntɪdʒ
vintage
ˈvɪntɪdʒ
voltage
ˈvəʊltɪdʒ
wantage
ˈwɒntɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERCENTAGE

perceable
perceant
perceivability
perceivable
perceivably
perceive
perceived
perceived noise decibel
perceiver
percentage distribution
percentage point
percental
percentile
percentile ranking
percept
perceptibility
perceptible
perceptibly
perception
perceptional

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERCENTAGE

backstage
coign of vantage
competitive advantage
etage
hermitage
high voltage
high-voltage
hostage
mechanical advantage
montage
outage
pecuniary advantage
photomontage
portage
sabotage
shortage
stage
the stage
to advantage
wattage

Synonyms and antonyms of percentage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «percentage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERCENTAGE

Find out the translation of percentage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of percentage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «percentage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

百分比
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

porcentaje
570 millions of speakers

English

percentage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिशत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نِسْبَةٌ مِئَوِيَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

процентное отношение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

percentagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শতকরা হার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pourcentage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peratusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prozentsatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パーセンテージ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백분율
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Persentasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỷ lệ phần trăm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதவிதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टक्केवारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

percentuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

procent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

процентне співвідношення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

procentaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποσοστό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persentasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

procent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosentdel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of percentage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCENTAGE»

The term «percentage» is very widely used and occupies the 6.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCENTAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «percentage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «percentage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about percentage

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10 QUOTES WITH «PERCENTAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word percentage.
1
Hank Aaron
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.
2
Abu Abbas
It is true that a large percentage of the Western world hopes that I am imprisoned or dead. But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.
3
Wayne Allard
From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing a percentage of their income for their entire adult working life.
4
Chris Van Allsburg
Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.
5
Eric Alterman
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.
6
Steve Aoki
My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.
7
Abdallah II of Jordan
The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
8
Amitabh Bachchan
The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage.
9
Jim Bakker
I think - there's always going to be a percentage of people who maybe aren't as good as others.
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John Battelle
The open web is full of spam, shady operators, and blatant falsehoods. Outside of a relatively small percentage of high quality sites, most of the web is chock full of popup ads and other interruptive come-ons. It's nearly impossible to find signal in that noise, and the web is in danger of being overrun by all that crap.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERCENTAGE»

Discover the use of percentage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to percentage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beyond percentage plans the challenge of equal opportunity ...
CHAPTER 1 The Struggle to Achieve Diversity in Higher Education: Setting the Stage for Percentage Plans INTRODUCTION The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has throughout its history been concerned about college admissions policies ...
Office of Civil Rights Evaluation, United States Commission on Civil Rights, 2002
2
Corn shelling percentage studies
The results of shelling percent studies on corn in Missouri show the following: 1.
Rodney Dwain Horrocks, Marcus Stanley Zuber, 1970
3
Percentage Baseball
How to play percentage baseball--and win! Irrefutable mathematical findings.
Earnshaw Cook, 2003
4
Baseball Strategies: American Baseball Coaches Association
The scoring percentage of a runner on first base with none out is 43 percent, and with a runner on second with one out it is 45 percent. That tiny 2 percent increase in scoring percentage makes the idea of using a sacrifice bunt with a good ...
American Baseball Coaches Association
5
Proposal Planning & Writing
Rather than calculating a strict cost accounting of these nebulous factors, many sponsors allow you to compute them as a percentage of your direct costs and add it to your budget request as an indirect cost item. Federal Indirect Costs.
Jeremy T. Miner, Lynn E. Miner, 2008
6
Breast Ultrasound
Complex breast cysts are common, and unfortunately, the percentage of all breast cysts that appear to be complex is increasing. The use of higher-resolution equipment contributes to this increasing prevalence of complex breast in two ways: ...
A. Thomas Stavros, Cynthia L. Rapp, Steve H. Parker, 2004
7
Percentage of filled fourwing saltbush seeds
The percentage of filled seeds collected from this plant, and from individual plants at three other sites in New Mexico, are compared in table 3. The figures for the Isleta and Hatch seeds suggest percent fill may be governed primarily by genetic ...
H. W. Springfield, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.), 1967
8
Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings
There are three common approaches to establishing the fees: (1) as a fixed lump sum, (2) as a percentage of the construction cost, and (3) as an hourly charge plus a factor for overhead and profit. A combination of these fee structures is ...
Philip D. Leighton, David C. Weber, 1999
9
Pitfalls and Triumphs of Information Technology Management
Based on these readings, he decided to classify company data into two groups: IT investment data and company performance and productivity data. IT investment was represented by four variables: IT budget as a percentage of total revenue; ...
Mehdi Khosrowpour, 2001
10
The Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, ...
lunch and dinner sales may all be projected together unless the percentage of growth or loss is suspected in one area and not in the other two. A separate chart for each category should then be used to project each sales amount; simply add  ...
Douglas Robert Brown, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERCENTAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term percentage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Just 5 Percentage of People Hanged Were Muslims, Says Report
The percentage of Muslims hanged in UP is around 12 per cent-or seven criminals of other faiths for every Muslim. In united Andhra ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Whole Foods to donate percentage of sales to Dollars for Scholars
On Aug. 5, the Whole Foods on 3420 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie will donate 5 percent of all store sales to Jefferson Dollars for ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
3
Millennials now make up a major percentage of U.S. workforce
Lead staffing specialists Edwin Rodriguez, left, and Russell Williams play pingpong at Power Design in St. Petersburg. Fortune magazine ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
4
What Percentage Of The Population Is Asexual?
Asexuality is defined as the lack of sexual attraction to anyone, or a low or non-existant interest in engaging in sexual activity. It is often ... «NewNowNext, Jul 15»
5
The Percentage of Almonds in Almond Breeze Will Stun You
Most almond-milk-lovers know that the product they buy in supermarkets isn't made with 100 percent real almonds. So just how much of the nut ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
6
CBA joins ANZ in raising investor interest rates by 0.27 percentage
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Friday said it would would increase interest rates for housing investors by 0.27 percentage points, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
SBH Net Profit up 10.6 Percentage to Rs 251 Crore
HYDERABAD:State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) reported 10.6 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 251 crore for the quarter ended June 2015 as ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
TSXV Biggest Percentage Gainers Mid-Afternoon: Pearl River …
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
9
Ottawa Has The Highest Percentage Of Ashley Madison Users Per …
That's a higher percentage per capita than any other city in Canada, and potentially, says the company, in the world. Out of about 883,000 ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
10
TVS Motors Q1 Net Profit Vrooms 25 Percentage to Rs 90.32 Crore
CHENNAI:City-based TVS Motor Company reported a 25 per cent increase in net profit for the first quarter ended June 30. The company has ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

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