percentage (n.)

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

    [ Syn: percent , per centum , pct ]

  2. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; he wanted his share in cash

    [ Syn: share , portion , part ]

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