centage

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈsɛntɪdʒ/ UK /ˈsɛntɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
rate or proportion reckoned by the hundred; percentage

The ledger recorded each merchant's centage of the shared profit.

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Synonyms

1 noun · rate or proportion reckoned... percentage proportion rate

Word family

Related forms percentage cent century

Etymology

A shortening of percentage, ultimately from Latin per centum ('by the hundred'), from centum ('hundred').

centum Latin *kmtom Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Numbers & Quantity

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# centage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɛntɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛntɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. rate or proportion reckoned by the hundred; percentage

## Examples
- The ledger recorded each merchant's centage of the shared profit.

## Synonyms
- percentage
- proportion
- rate

## Related Forms
- percentage
- cent
- century

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: centum
- Root: *kmtom

## Etymology
A shortening of percentage, ultimately from Latin per centum ('by the hundred'), from centum ('hundred').

## AI Etymology
Centage is a shortening of percentage, ultimately from Latin per centum ('by the hundred'), from centum ('hundred'). The historical trail runs through centum in Latin and *kmtom in Proto-Indo-European. Used as a noun, centage now means "rate or proportion reckoned by the hundred; percentage", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as percentage, cent, and century. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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