Meanings
plural percentages · alternative archaic per-centage
- countableuncountableThe 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.
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The replacement percentages are based largely on household spending data from the Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey.
2017 November 29, Walter Updegrave, “How much income will you actually need in retirement?”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025Kramer said California’s legislation is weak compared to the laws in Norway and other European countries, which require a certain percentage of women on boards.
2018 September 30, Julia Carpenter and Jackie Wattles, “California has a new law: No more all-male boards”, in CNN BusinessSynonyms: centage
- countableuncountableA share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
nounassets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinper centum“for every hundred”
- Englishpercentage
From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic النِّسْبَة الْمِئَوِيَّة
- النِّسْبَة الْمِئَوِيَّة (an-nisba l-miʔawiyya)part of a whole
Basque portzentaje, ehuneko
- portzentajepart of a whole
- ehunekopart of a whole
Bulgarian част, проце́нт
- част (čast)part of a whole
- проце́нт (procént)part of a whole
- дял (djal)share of the profits
Catalan percentatge, percentatge
- percentatgepart of a whole
- percentatgeshare of the profits
Chinese Mandarin 百分率, 百分比
- 百分率 (bǎifēnlǜ)part of a whole
- 百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ)part of a whole
Czech procento
- procentopart of a whole
Dutch percentage
- percentagepart of a whole
Estonian protsent
- protsentpart of a whole
Finnish prosenttiosuus, prosentti
- prosenttiosuuspart of a whole
- prosenttipart of a whole
- prosenttilukupart of a whole
- prosenttiosuusshare of the profits
- prosenttishare of the profits
- osuusshare of the profits
- hyötyinformal: advantage
French pourcentage, pourcentage
- pourcentagepart of a whole
- pourcentageshare of the profits
German Prozentsatz, Hundertsatz
- Prozentsatzpart of a whole
- Hundertsatzpart of a whole
- Vomhundertsatzpart of a whole
- prozentualer Anteilshare of the profits
- Hundertteilshare of the profits
- Hundertanteilshare of the profits
Greek ποσοστό, εκατοστιαία αναλογία
- ποσοστό (posostó)part of a whole
- εκατοστιαία αναλογία (ekatostiaía analogía)part of a whole
- ποσοστό (posostó)share of the profits
Hindi प्रतिशतता
- प्रतिशतता (pratiśattā)part of a whole
Indonesian persentase
- persentasepart of a whole
Italian percentuale, percentuale
- percentualepart of a whole
- percentualeshare of the profits
Japanese 百分率, 百分比
- 百分率 (hyakubunritsu)part of a whole
- 百分比 (hyakubunhi)part of a whole
- パーセンテージ (pāsentēji)part of a whole
Korean 백분율, 백분비
- 백분율 (baekbunyul)part of a whole
- 백분비 (baekbunbi)part of a whole
- 퍼센티지 (peosentiji)part of a whole
Malay peratusan
- peratusanpart of a whole
Māori ōrautanga
- ōrautangapart of a whole
Polish procent, procent
- procentpart of a whole
- procentshare of the profits
- korzyśćinformal: advantage
Portuguese percentagem, porcentagem
- percentagempart of a whole
- porcentagempart of a whole
- percentagemshare of the profits
- porcentagemshare of the profits
Russian проце́нт, проце́нтное отноше́ние
- проце́нт (procént)part of a whole
- проце́нтное отноше́ние (procéntnoje otnošénije)part of a whole
Spanish porcentaje, porcentaje
- porcentajepart of a whole
- porcentajeshare of the profits
Swedish procentsats, procenthalt
- procentsatspart of a whole
- procenthaltpart of a whole
- andelpart of a whole
Tagalog kabahagdanan, kabahagdanan
- kabahagdananpart of a whole
- kabahagdananshare of the profits
Thai อัตราร้อยละ
- อัตราร้อยละ (àt-dtraa-rɔ́ɔi-lá)part of a whole
Ukrainian відсо́ток, відсо́ток
- відсо́ток (vidsótok)part of a whole
- відсо́ток (vidsótok)share of the profits
- до́ля (dólja)share of the profits
Vietnamese số phần trăm, tỷ lệ phần trăm
- số phần trămpart of a whole
- tỷ lệ phần trămpart of a whole
Cite this entry
percentage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percentage
“percentage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percentage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percentage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percentage.
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