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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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Refinery runs were forecast to have risen by half a percentage point in the Journal survey.

From The Wall Street Journal

Already, the oil shock is expected to boost annual inflation growth by roughly a percentage point.

From Barron's

The headline index, which represents the percentage of major manufacturing firms that said business conditions were favorable minus those that said conditions were unfavorable, rose to +17 from +16 in the prior quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

But through the end of that period, Nike also said it expects revenue to be down in the low-single-digit percentage range.

From MarketWatch

If the gains sustain today, the dollar would wrap up the current quarter with the biggest percentage increase since the fourth quarter of 2024.

From Barron's

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.