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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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After bringing down interest rates by nearly 2 percentage points in 2024 and 2025, the Fed has held its rate target steady at 3.5% to 3.75% so far this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

As of March 20, 14.8% of Fidelity IRAs have seen a contribution this year, up about 2 percentage points from the same period last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The bond market shows a significant disconnect, with the two-year breakeven inflation rate 0.9402 percentage points higher than the 10-year rate.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Those sales are expected to account for a low-teens percentage of ASML’s equipment sales in 2026, according to Jefferies equity sales specialist William Beavington.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Thus, we might say that a 95 percent confidence interval for the percentage of voters favoring candidate X is 45 percent plus or minus 6 percent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos