percentage
US /pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
UK /pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
1.
a rate, number, or amount in each hundred
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A high percentage of students passed the exam.
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What percentage of the population is vaccinated?
2.
a share of profits or earnings
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He gets a small percentage of every sale.
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The agent takes a percentage of the artist's earnings.