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per|cent|age
per|cent|age «puhr SEHN tihj», noun.
1. a rate or proportion of each hundred; part of each hundred: »

What percentage of children were absent? The French were…suffering a lower percentage of casualties than the British (H. G. Wells).

2. a part or proportion: »

A large percentage of schoolbooks now have pictures. Television attracts a large percentage of the people.

3. an allowance, commission, discount, rate of interest, or other share, figured by per cent.
4. Informal. advantage or profit.

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