Definitions for percentage

percentage per·cent·age

Spelling: [per-sen-tij]
IPA: /pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ/

Percentage is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in percentage (aceeegnprt).

Definitions for percentage

noun

  1. a rate or proportion per hundred.
  2. an allowance, commission, or rate of interest calculated by percent.
  3. a proportion in general:
  4. gain; benefit; profit; advantage.

Origin of percentage

First recorded in 1780-90; percent + -age

Examples for percentage

percentage of vote cast: Males, (nearly) 58½; females, (over) 41½.

Take any ratio of percentage you please and something should have got us.

Most importantly, they were all deleted long before that percentage could rise any higher.

He's dropped into a soft spot—he rates best in the percentage card.

In a now famous clip, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) was asked what percentage of Congress smokes.

percentage of vote cast in Denver: Males, 57½; females, 42½.

I would like to be paid a percentage on the money saved because of my report.'

Throughout the state, the percentage of insured doubled in many counties.

About half of Turkers live in the United States, a percentage that is increasing.

By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.

Word Value for percentage
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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