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Definition of: percentage
(pər·sen′tij) noun
1. Rate per hundred, or proportion in a hundred parts.
2. A proportion of what is under consideration; a part considered in its quantitative relation to the whole.
3. In commerce, the allowance, commission, duty, or interest on a hundred.
4. Colloq. Advantage; profit.
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