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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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The consensus call is for a 3.4% jump from a year earlier, a full percentage point more than in February.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A rising pension age also led to employment rates among affected age groups increasing by 10 percentage points, driven primarily by workers staying in their jobs for longer.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That was 1 percentage point higher than in 2024.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

For a factory working a large apartment project, those fewer percentage points might add up to a quarter million dollars or more.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

What is completely missed in the rare public debates today about the plight of African Americans is that a huge percentage of them are not free to move up at all.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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