Percentage - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Percentage :  (noun)
1: a proportion multiplied by 100 [syn: percent, per centum, pct]
2: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share, portion, part]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Percentage : \Per*cent"age\, n. [Per cent _ -age, as in average. See Per, and Cent.] (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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