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noun
- 1. a rate, number, or amount in each hundred: "the percentage of Caesareans at the hospital was three per cent higher than the national average"
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noun. us / pərˈsen·tɪdʒ / Add to word list. [ U ] an improvement or advantage, esp. when considered against other possibilities: There’s no percentage in working long hours if you don’t plan to stay in that job. [ C ] an amount of something, often expressed as a number out of 100:
A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number), primarily used for expressing proportions, but percent is nonetheless a unit of measurement in its orthography and usage. [3] Examples.
In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio that can be expressed as a fraction of 100. If we have to calculate percent of a number, divide the number by the whole and multiply by 100. Hence, the percentage means, a part per hundred.
noun. per· cent· age pər-ˈsen-tij. Synonyms of percentage. 1. a. : a part of a whole expressed in hundredths. a high percentage of students attended. b. : the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent. the percentage equals the rate times the base. 2. a. : a share of winnings or profits. b. : advantage, profit.
used for showing how sure you are about something, or how likely or true something is, or how much you agree with someone : I'm 99.9 percent sure I'm right. There's a 20% chance of rain today. Patients who develop symptoms have only a 10 per cent chance of surviving. I agree with you 101 percent. one hundred percent.
Illustrated definition of Percent: Parts per 100 The symbol is Example: 25 means 25 per 100 (25 of this box is green) So it tells...
Percentage is a rate or proportion per hundred, as in This graph shows the percentage of homes that have a microwave. Percentage is also used more generally to mean any proportion, as in Studies have shown that a large percentage of people love cute animals.
