Added 9 October 2026
percentage
/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ noun
Latin root: per Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about percentage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The 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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A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
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Benefit or advantage.
There was no percentage in staying at home.
Origin
From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)