Percentage meaning

What does “percentage” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“percentage” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).

percentage

noun

  1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

  2. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

    “he wanted his share in cash”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University