Definitions for percentages

percentages per·cent·age

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

Percentages is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1076 anagrams from letters in percentages (aceeegnprst).

Definitions for percentages

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 percentages

First recorded in 1780-90; percent + -age

Examples for percentages

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for percentages
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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