percentage

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
2. (countable, uncountable) A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) Benefit or advantage.

Synonyms

percent

ratio

proportion

commission

rate

part

portion

share

per centum

per cent

pct

ration

entrustment

errand

extensibility

fee

fraction

grazing

guerdon

honorarium

hundredth

incentive

interest

job

kickback

mandate

percentile

poundage

premium

price

proceeds

proof

quantum

quota

reward

slice

split

squeezing

stake

subcommittee

trust

wages

centage

percentage point

musical passage

modulus of elongation

specific elongation

unit elongation

elongation percentage

allocation

Translations

pourcentage

%

Prozentsatz

%

percentuale

%

porcentaje

%

percentatge

%

ποσοστό

rente

procent

percent

commission

percentage

porcentagem

ratio

percentagem

%

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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