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| Main Entry: |
percentage
 [per-sen-tij] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bite, bonus, chunk, commission, corner*, cut, discount, division, duty, fee, holdout, interest, juice*, payoff, percent, piece, piece of the action, points, proportion, quota, rate, ratio, section, slice*, split*, taste*, winnings |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Example Sentences
- Ninety-five percent of the park is designated as wilderness.
- Ninety percent of the world's oceans remain unexplored.
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