PERCENTAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does percentage mean? 

• PERCENTAGE (noun)
  The noun PERCENTAGE has 2 senses:

1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

2. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

  Familiarity information: PERCENTAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCENTAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

pct; per centum; percent; percentage

Hypernyms ("percentage" is a kind of...):

proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "percentage"):

absentee rate (the percentage of workers who do not report to work)

occupancy rate (the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time)

vacancy rate (the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time)

unemployment rate (the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

part; percentage; portion; share

Context example:

he wanted his share in cash

Hypernyms ("percentage" is a kind of...):

assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "percentage"):

tranche (a portion of something (especially money))

allocation; allotment (a share set aside for a specific purpose)

cut (a share of the profits)

profit sharing (a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business)

interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)

split (a promised or claimed share of loot or money)

piece; slice (a share of something)

allowance (an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period))

ration (a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity))

way (a portion of something divided into shares)

dole (a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given)

dispensation (a share that has been dispensed or distributed)

Holonyms ("percentage" is a part of...):

earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))

 Context examples 

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the apolipoprotein J to creatinine in a biological specimen.

(Apolipoprotein J to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the Apolipoprotein B to Apolipoprotein A1 in a biological specimen.

(Apolipoprotein B to Apolipoprotein A1 Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A normalized measure of a difference between 2 quantities, expressed as a percentage difference of either their mean or their sum, whichever is defined by a user.

(Asymmetry Index, NCI Thesaurus)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the atypical lymphocytes to leukocytes in a biological specimen.

(Atypical Lymphocyte to Leukocyte Ratio, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A high percentage of CML patients are refractory to imatinib, which sometimes results from point mutations occurring in the kinase domain of the Bcr/Abl fusion product.

(Bafetinib, NCI Thesaurus)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of alpha-2-fraction proteins to total proteins in a biological specimen.

(Alpha-2 Globulin to Total Protein Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the alpha-1 microglobulin to creatinine in a biological specimen.

(Alpha-1 Microglobulin to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the albumin to total protein in a biological specimen.

(Albumin to Total Protein Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the alkaline phosphatase to creatinine in a biological specimen.

(Alkaline Phosphatase to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the alpha glutathione-S-transferase to creatinine in a biological specimen.

(Alpha Glutathione-S-Transferase to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)