Main Entry: per·cent·age

Pronunciation: \pər-ˈsen-tij\

Function: noun

Date: circa 1789

1 a : a part of a whole expressed in hundredths <a high percentage of students attended> b : the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent <the percentage equals the rate times the base>
2 a : a share of winnings or profits b : advantage, profit <no percentage in going around looking like an old sack of laundry — Wallace Stegner>
3 : an indeterminate part : proportion
4 a : probability b : favorable odds