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percentage
noun
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Divide percentage into syllables:

per · cent · age

How to pronounce percentage:

Definition of percentage:

percentage (noun):
a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).

Synonyms for percentage:

chancepartprobabilitysharepossibilityoddspercentportionproportion

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