percentage

noun

The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.

(informal) Benefit or advantage.

Roots

centumcent- · Latin · hundred

Synonyms for percentage

percentn ration proportionn raten sharen portionn fractionn profitsn incomen quotan

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Where does percentage come from?

The word percentage breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cent-, from Latin centum (“hundred”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.