See Also: Win-Loss Percentage or Winning Percentage - Baseball(gambling)
percentage(dictionary)
percentage(dictionary)
Percentage order(finance)
Percentage of Advance(money)
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Percentage order(money)
Payout Percentage(casino)
Percentage Lease(money)

percentage (iou)



percentage noun. L18.
[from PER CENT + -AGE.]
A rate or proportion per cent; a quantity or amount reckoned as so many hundredth parts of another, esp. of the whole of which it is a part; a part considered in its quantitative relation to the whole, a proportion (of something). L18.
Theatre Research International A slightly higher percentage of his plays appear to reach the stage.
fig. Personal benefit or advantage; probability of a successful outcome (in a situation, course of action, etc.). colloq. M19.
J. Porter There was no percentage in hanging around the airport.
Phrases: play the percentages slang play safely or methodically with regard to the odds in favour of success.
Comb.: percentage point a unit used in expr. the numerical difference between two percentages.
percentage-wise adverb as a percentage; relatively: E20.