percentage

[per-sen-tij] / pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ /

NOUN

portion, allotment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bonus chunk fee interest percent proportion rate ratio royalty

STRONG

allowance bite commission corner cut discount division duty holdout juice payoff piece points quota section slice split taste winnings

WEAK

piece of the action

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

STRONG

increase juncture

Example Sentences

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Halma said it expected to deliver organic growth in the low double-digit percentage range in the year ending March 2027, when excluding currency movements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Morgan chalked up that steep decline to triple-digit percentage gains to start 2026 and worries about delays to the adoption of co-packaged optics —a technology that would replace copper wiring in data centers.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

SpaceX has sought to sell to institutional investors who will hold the stock, but Musk also set aside 30% of the offering for retail investors — an unusually high percentage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It is understood that Healey told the prime minister that what amounted to a percentage increase of 0.08% would not be enough to keep the country safe.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Thus, the high percentage of hermaphroditic selfers in the Fertile Crescent flora aided early farmers, because it meant that a high percentage of the wild flora had a reproductive biology convenient for humans.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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