percentage

Plural

percentages

1. 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.
   • Kramer said California’s legislation is weak compared to the laws in Norway and other European countries, which require a certain percentage of women on boards.

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

   • She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.

3. 3.Benefit or advantage.(informal)

   • There was no percentage in staying at home.

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