percentage
nounA fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98.
nounThe result obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.
nounA proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part.
nounAn amount, such as an allowance, duty, or commission, that varies in proportion to a larger sum, such as total sales.
nounAdvantage; gain.
nounRate or proportion per hundred: as, the percentage of loss; the percentage of oxygen in some compound, or of pure metal in an ore; specifically, in com., an allowance, duty, commission, or rate of interest on a hundred; loosely, proportion in general.
nounA certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.
nounThe
A share of the profits.