percentage

B1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #9384

Meanings

1

noun
An amount expressed as a part of a total of one hundred.

A high percentage of teenagers own a smartphone.
2

noun
A share of the sales or profits that someone receives.

The agent takes a percentage of every deal she closes.
3

noun
Benefit or advantage to be gained from doing something.

There was no percentage in arguing with him any longer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an amount expressed as a... percentpct

2 noun · a share of the sales or... share

Word family

Forms percentages

Derived forms percentagewisesubpercentage

Related forms percentpercentilepermillagepermyriad

Etymology

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

per centum Latin

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Topics

Numbers & Quantity

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# percentage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 9384

## Meanings
1. An amount expressed as a part of a total of one hundred.
2. A share of the sales or profits that someone receives.
3. Benefit or advantage to be gained from doing something.

## Examples
- A high percentage of teenagers own a smartphone.
- The agent takes a percentage of every deal she closes.
- There was no percentage in arguing with him any longer.

## Derived Forms
- percentagewise
- subpercentage

## Related Forms
- percent
- percentile
- permillage
- permyriad

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: per centum

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

## AI Etymology
Percentage comes from percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate). The historical chain includes per centum (Latin). In present-day English it covers an amount expressed as a part of a total of one hundred, a share of the sales or profits that someone receives, and benefit or advantage to be gained from doing something. The wider family includes derived forms such as percentagewise, subpercentage and related forms such as percent, percentile, permillage, permyriad.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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