percentage

per-cent-age · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A rate, number, or amount in each hundred.

  2. 2.

    A proportion or share in relation to a whole.

  3. 3.

    (informal) Personal benefit or advantage.

Forms

plural: percentages

Related words

See also: percent, proportion, ratio
Synonyms: fraction, proportion, share

Etymology

From Medieval Latin per centum ("by the hundred"), from per ("by") + centum ("hundred"), plus the suffix -age.