OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24623

percentage

/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
porcentaje
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.
The replacement percentages are based largely on household spending data from the Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey.
porcentaje
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.