percentage
noun
per·cent·age
pər-ˈsen-tij 
1
a
: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a high percentage of students attended
b
: the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
the percentage equals the rate times the base
2
3
: an indeterminate part : proportion
4
a
b
: favorable odds
Examples of percentage in a Sentence
If a goalie saves 96 out of 100 shots, his save percentage is 96 percent.
The percentages of women completing high school and college were 95 percent and 52 percent, respectively.
What percentage of your income do you spend on rent?
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Eli Amdur, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
So that begins to plant the seed of remembering percent body fat as a percentage of fat to muscle.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
The index measures the percentage difference between companies reporting expansion against contraction.
—Lisa Kailai Han,alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Yards per completion and completion percentage have consistently moved in opposite directions for 50 years, with the former dropping and the latter rising.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for percentage
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percentage
noun
per·cent·age
pər-ˈsent-ij
1
a
: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a high percentage of students attended
b
: the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
the percentage equals the rate times the base
2
a
: probability sense 3a
play the percentages
b
: favorable odds
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