percentage

/pərˈsɛn.tɪdʒ/

nounper · cen · tage

Think: PER CENT + AGE — a percentage is “per cent,” and it ends with “-age.”

Yes, it's percentage. Don’t drop the second “e”: it’s per + cent + age → p-e-r-c-e-n-t-a-g-e.

Definitions

  1. nouna part of a whole expressed as a number out of 100; a rate or proportion per hundred
  2. nouna share or portion of something (often used informally)

Examples

  • “What percentage of the class passed the test?”
  • “The store offered a 20 percent discount, but the percentage off changed after the first day.”
  • “A small percentage of the budget is set aside for emergencies.”

Synonyms

proportionsharefractionrateportion

Translations

ES porcentajePT porcentagemFR pourcentage

Common misspellings

percentigepersentageprecentagepercenttagepercentragepercenta gepercentaige

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