percentage

n.

1. 1. A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
   2. The result obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.
2. A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part: The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience.
3. An amount, such as an allowance, duty, or commission, that varies in proportion to a larger sum, such as total sales: work for a percentage.
4. Informal. Advantage; gain: There is no percentage in work without pay.

USAGE NOTE   When preceded by the, percentage takes a singular verb: The percentage of unskilled workers is small. When preceded by a, it takes either a singular or plural verb, depending on the number of the noun in the prepositional phrase that follows: A small percentage of the workers are unskilled. A large percentage of the crop has spoiled.

n

Definition: portion, allotment
Antonyms: whole

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IN BRIEF: n. - Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; A proportion multiplied by 100.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing. — Art Linkletter

Dansk (Danish)
n. - procentdel, profit

Nederlands (Dutch)
percentage, winst, deel, persoonlijk voordeel, waarschijnlijkheid

Français (French)
n. - pourcentage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Prozentsatz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποσοστό (επί τοις εκατόν), εκατοστιαία αναλογία, ποσόστωση

Italiano (Italian)
percentuale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - porcentagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
процент, процентное отношение

Español (Spanish)
n. - porcentaje, tanto por ciento, porcentual

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - procenttal, procentsats, andel, halt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
百分率, 百分比, 部分, 比例, 利润, 赚头

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 百分率, 百分比, 部分, 比例, 利潤, 賺頭

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 백분율, 수수료

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 百分率, 割合, 歩合, 手数料

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نسبه مئويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אחוז, תאחוז, חלק‬

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