percentage

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
  2. noun assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

Etymology

From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).

In classic literature

Synonyms

percent, per centum, pct

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