Percentage
[per-sen-tij] /pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ/
noun
1.
a rate or proportion per hundred.
2.
an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by .
3.
a proportion in general:
Only a small percentage of the class will graduate with honors.
4.
gain; benefit; profit; advantage.
/pəˈsɛntɪdʒ/
noun
1.
proportion or rate per hundred parts
2.
(commerce) the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items
3.
any proportion in relation to the whole
4.
(informal) profit or advantage
n.
1789, from percent + -age. Sense of “profit, advantage” is from 1862.
noun
Profit or advantage: I don’t see any percentage in doing it that way (1862+)
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