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 AI details From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate). per centum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown