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percentage
UK /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ US /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
noun 3
Definitions
noun
1
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.
The replacement percentages are based largely on household spending data from the Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey.
2
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
3
Benefit or advantage.
There was no percentage in staying at home.
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