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percentages

percentages is the plural of percentage.

Meaning of percentage

Noun

percentage (countable and uncountable, plural percentages)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    centage
  2. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
    • She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
  3. (informal) Benefit or advantage.
    • There was no percentage in staying at home.

Phrases with percentages

Questions about percentages

What is percentages the plural of?
Percentages is the plural of percentage.

Words near percentages in the dictionary

  1. percentage dice
  2. percentage point
  3. percentage points
  4. percentage rate
  5. percentage rates
  6. percentages
  7. percentagewise
  8. percental
  9. percenter
  10. percenters
  11. percentilation

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