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Synonyms for percentage

10 synonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

percent pct portion

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Percent

percent, per cent UK, pct, per centum dated

2. Portion

portion, share, part

Other

commission, benefit, royalty, centage rare

Definitions

n. 1
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.
n. 2
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.

Related words

Word family: percent percentile
Phrases: percentage point slugging percentage

Forms

Plural: percentages → percents, portions, shares, parts…

Example sentences

percent The yen appreciated 10 percent against the dollar.
portion A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
percentage		falling
percent		falling
pct		falling
portion		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: pct
4 letters: part¹
5 letters: share¹
7 letters: percent², benefit³, portion², royalty³, centage
10 letters: commission³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (percent² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: pourcentage
Italiano: percentuale