percentage
n. countablen. a part of a whole that is shown as a number out of 100. You use it to compare amounts or to show how much something has changed.
n. a rate, number, or amount in each hundred. Often used to express proportions or statistical changes in a standardised format.
A high percentage of students passed the final exam.
The bank increased the interest rate by a small percentage to match the new national policy.
While the raw numbers suggest a decline in sales, the percentage of returning customers has actually remained stable over the last fiscal quarter.
From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).
Often followed by the preposition 'of' when referring to a specific group or total.
The percentage of people are increasingThe percentage of people is increasingWhen 'percentage' is the subject of a sentence, the verb should be singular, even if the noun following 'of' is plural.