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percentage

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: centage

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Benefit or advantage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • There was no percentage in staying at home.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he wanted his share in cash

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: share, portion, part

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assets

Narrower terms: tranche, dispensation, dole, way, ration, allowance, slice, piece, split, interest, stake, profit sharing, cut, allotment, allocation

5

noun

Meaning 5

a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: percent, per centum, pct

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proportion

Narrower terms: absentee rate, occupancy rate, vacancy rate, unemployment rate

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: النِّسْبَة الْمِئَوِيَّة (an-nisba l-miʔawiyya) — part of a whole
  • Basque: portzentaje — part of a whole
  • Basque: ehuneko — part of a whole
  • Belarusian: працэ́нт (pracént) — part of a whole
  • Belarusian: адсо́так (adsótak) — part of a whole
  • Bhojpuri: प्रतिशत (pratiśat) — part of a whole
  • Bulgarian: част (čast) — part of a whole
  • Bulgarian: проце́нт (procént) — part of a whole
  • Burmese: ရာခိုင်နှုန်း (rahkuinghnun:) — part of a whole
  • Burmese: ခိုင်နှုန်း (hkuinghnun:) — part of a whole
  • Catalan: percentatge — part of a whole
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百分率 (bǎifēnlǜ) — part of a whole
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ) — part of a whole
  • Czech: procento — part of a whole
  • Dutch: percentage — part of a whole
  • Estonian: protsent — part of a whole
  • Finnish: prosenttiosuus — part of a whole
  • Finnish: prosentti — part of a whole
  • Finnish: prosenttiluku — part of a whole
  • French: pourcentage — part of a whole
  • Galician: porcentaxe — part of a whole
  • Georgian: პროცენტი (ṗrocenṭi) — part of a whole
  • German: Prozentsatz — part of a whole
  • German: Hundertsatz — part of a whole
  • German: Vomhundertsatz — part of a whole
  • Greek: ποσοστό (posostó) — part of a whole
  • Greek: εκατοστιαία αναλογία (ekatostiaía analogía) — part of a whole
  • Hindi: प्रतिशतता (pratiśattā) — part of a whole
  • Ido: procento — part of a whole
  • Indonesian: persentase — part of a whole
  • Italian: percentuale — part of a whole
  • Japanese: 百分率 (hyakubunritsu) — part of a whole
  • Japanese: 百分比 (hyakubunhi) — part of a whole
  • Japanese: パーセンテージ (pāsentēji) — part of a whole
  • Khmer: ចំនួនភាគរយ (cɑmnuən phiək rɔɔy) — part of a whole
  • Korean: 백분율 (baekbunyul) — part of a whole
  • Korean: 백분비 (baekbunbi) — part of a whole
  • Korean: 퍼센티지 (peosentiji) — part of a whole
  • Malay: peratusan — part of a whole
  • Māori: ōrautanga — part of a whole
  • Ossetian: процент (procent) — part of a whole
  • Polish: procent — part of a whole
  • Portuguese: percentagem — part of a whole
  • Portuguese: porcentagem — part of a whole
  • Russian: проце́нт (procént) — part of a whole
  • Russian: проце́нтное отноше́ние (procéntnoje otnošénije) — part of a whole
  • Spanish: porcentaje — part of a whole
  • Swedish: procentsats — part of a whole
  • Swedish: procenthalt — part of a whole
  • Swedish: andel — part of a whole
  • Tagalog: kabahagdanan — part of a whole
  • Thai: อัตราร้อยละ (àt-dtraa-rɔ́ɔi-lá) — part of a whole
  • Ukrainian: відсо́ток (vidsótok) — part of a whole
  • Vietnamese: số phần trăm — part of a whole
  • Vietnamese: tỷ lệ phần trăm — part of a whole
  • Walloon: porcintaedje — part of a whole
  • Walloon: porcint — part of a whole
  • Bulgarian: дял (djal) — share of the profits
  • Catalan: percentatge — share of the profits
  • Finnish: prosenttiosuus — share of the profits
  • Finnish: prosentti — share of the profits
  • Finnish: osuus — share of the profits
  • French: pourcentage — share of the profits
  • Georgian: პროცენტული წილი (ṗrocenṭuli c̣ili) — share of the profits
  • Georgian: პროცენტი (ṗrocenṭi) — share of the profits
  • German: prozentualer Anteil — share of the profits
  • German: Hundertteil — share of the profits
  • German: Hundertanteil — share of the profits
  • Greek: ποσοστό (posostó) — share of the profits
  • Italian: percentuale — share of the profits
  • Polish: procent — share of the profits
  • Portuguese: percentagem — share of the profits
  • Portuguese: porcentagem — share of the profits
  • Spanish: porcentaje — share of the profits
  • Tagalog: kabahagdanan — share of the profits
  • Ukrainian: відсо́ток (vidsótok) — share of the profits
  • Ukrainian: до́ля (dólja) — share of the profits
  • Walloon: porcintaedje — share of the profits
  • Finnish: hyöty — informal: advantage
  • Polish: korzyść — informal: advantage
Real reading context

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