Antonyms for percentage


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-sen-tij
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɛn tɪdʒ


Definition of percentage

Origin :
  • 1789, from percent + -age. Sense of "profit, advantage" is from 1862.
  • noun portion, allotment
Example sentences :
  • He's dropped into a soft spot—he rates best in the percentage card.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Take any ratio of percentage you please and something should have got us.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • I would like to be paid a percentage on the money saved because of my report.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Percentage of vote cast in Denver: Males, 57½; females, 42½.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Percentage of vote cast: Males, (nearly) 58½; females, (over) 41½.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The percentage of males in the State by the census of 1900 was 52.3.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Were the Royal Naval Division included the percentage would be worse.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • Let x be percentage of copper, then 100 — x is percentage of "ferromanganese."
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • All of them are to be had cheap, some at just a percentage above the price of waste paper.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • His tip was exactly ten cents, and out of this the head waiter must have his percentage.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Synonyms for percentage

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