percentage

percentage
[pəʹsentıdʒ] n
1. 1) процентное содержание; процент

a figure expressed as a percentage - число, выраженное в процентах

a high percentage of our workers - большой процент наших рабочих

the percentage of metal in the ore - процентное содержание металла в руде

2) процентное отношение, процентная норма; процентная ставка
2. комиссионное вознаграждение (в процентах); процентное отчисление
3. разг. часть, доля; количество

a large percentage of schoolbooks now have pictures - теперь в большинстве школьных учебников имеются иллюстрации

a small percentage of people came - только небольшая часть (людей) пришла

4. амер. разг. польза, выгода

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  • percentage — Since a percentage can be a quantity of any size, and even (unlike part) more than the whole, it is best to qualify it with adjectives such as small, tiny, or large, or by the adverb only, as appropriate: a large percentage of books published in… …   Modern English usage

  • percentage — [pər sent′ij] n. 1. a given part or amount in every hundred 2. any number or amount, as of interest, tax, etc., stated in percent 3. part; portion; share [a percentage of the audience ] ☆ 4. Informal a) use; advantage; profit [no percentage in… …   English World dictionary

  • Percentage — Per*cent age, n. [Per cent + age, as in average. See {Per}, and {Cent}.] (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • percentage — I noun allotment, commission, contingent, factorage, fraction, interest, moiety, part, percent, portion, proportion, quota, rate per hundred, ratio, ration, share II index commission (fee), moiety, part (por …   Law dictionary

  • percentage — 1789, from PERCENT (Cf. percent) + AGE (Cf. age). Sense of profit, advantage is from 1862 …   Etymology dictionary

  • percentage — [n] portion, allotment allowance, bite, bonus, chunk, commission, corner*, cut, discount, division, duty, fee, holdout, interest, juice*, payoff, percent, piece, piece of the action*, points*, proportion, quota, rate, ratio, section, slice*,… …   New thesaurus

  • percentage — ► NOUN 1) a rate, number, or amount in each hundred. 2) a proportion of a larger sum of money granted as an allowance or commission. 3) any proportion or share in relation to a whole …   English terms dictionary

  • percentage — Price expressed as a percentage of par. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary * * * percentage per‧cen‧tage [pəˈsentɪdʒ ǁ pər ] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. an amount considered as part of a total which is 100: percentage of • What… …   Financial and business terms

  • Percentage — In mathematics, a percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100 ( per cent meaning per hundred ). It is often denoted using the percent sign, % . For example, 45% (read as forty five percent ) is equal to 45 / 100, or… …   Wikipedia

  • percentage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, high, huge, large, overwhelming, significant, sizeable, substantial ▪ The area has a high percentage of unemployed men …   Collocations dictionary

  • percentage — per|cen|tage W3 [pəˈsentıdʒ US pər ] n 1.) [U and C] an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 percentage of ▪ The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent. ▪ Tax is paid as a percentage of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English


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