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noun
a rate, number, or amount in each hundred:the percentage of cesareans at the hospital was three percent higher than the national average [as modifier]:a large percentage increase in the population over 85 an amount, such as an allowance or commission, that is a proportion of a larger sum of money:I hope to be on a percentage any proportion or share in relation to a whole:only a small percentage of black Americans have Caribbean roots [in singular] informal personal benefit or advantage:you explain to me the percentage in looking like a hoodlum
