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  • percentage — Since a percentage can be a quantity of any size, and even (unlike part) more than the whole, it is best to qualify it with adjectives such as small, tiny, or large, or by the adverb only, as appropriate: a large percentage of books published in… …   Modern English usage

  • percentage — per|cen|tage W3 [pəˈsentıdʒ US pər ] n 1.) [U and C] an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 percentage of ▪ The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent. ▪ Tax is paid as a percentage of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • percentage - per cent — When you express an amount as a percentage of a whole, you say how many parts the amount would have if the whole had 100 equal parts. You write a percentage as a number followed by per cent or by the symbol %. So, for example, if there are 1200… …   Useful english dictionary

  • percentage — Price expressed as a percentage of par. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary * * * percentage per‧cen‧tage [pəˈsentɪdʒ ǁ pər ] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. an amount considered as part of a total which is 100: percentage of • What… …   Financial and business terms

  • percentage */*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈsentɪdʒ] / US [pərˈsentɪdʒ] noun Word forms percentage : singular percentage plural percentages 1) a) [countable/uncountable] maths an amount or rate that is equal to a particular part of a total that you have divided by 100 14% of land …   English dictionary

  • percentage — per|cent|age [ pər sentıdʒ ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount an amount or rate that is equal to a particular part of a total that you have divided by 100: percentage of: Calculate what percentage of your income you spend on food. 14% of land is… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • percentage — percentaged, adj. /peuhr sen tij/, n. 1. a rate or proportion per hundred. 2. an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent. 3. a proportion in general: Only a small percentage of the class will graduate with honors. 4.… …   Universalium

  • percentage — per•cent•age [[t]pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) math. a rate or proportion per hundred 2) an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent 3) a proportion in general; part: a small percentage of the class[/ex] 4) gain; profit;… …   From formal English to slang

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  • percentage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, high, huge, large, overwhelming, significant, sizeable, substantial ▪ The area has a high percentage of unemployed men …   Collocations dictionary

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