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# percentage

noun (a percentage, percentages)

«percentage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (maths) A percentage is a number written as a part of 100, using the sign %, as 25% means 25 out of every 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#m1)
2. A percentage is a part or share of something, as in «a large percentage of the class». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#m2)
3. (informal) There's no percentage in it means there's no benefit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths, pupils find percentages of amounts (10% of 50 = 5), change fractions into percentages (½ = 50%) and use them in shopping problems with discounts and price rises. In science, results are shown as percentages; in news, survey results. Phrases: «a high percentage», «percentage increase», «percentage of».

### Examples

- Fifty percent is the same as a half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x1)
- What percentage of the class has a pet? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x2)
- The percentage of water in the human body is about 60%. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x3)
- A 20% discount on £10 saves £2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x4)
- A small percentage of pupils walk to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x5)
- We turned our test scores into percentages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x6)
- The battery is at a low percentage, so charge it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x7)

### Note

Use «percentage» for the idea and «percent» (or «per cent» in British English) with a number: 30 percent, a high percentage. Maths: to find P% of an amount, multiply by P and divide by 100. A percentage can be more than 100% (a price can rise by 150%). «Percentage points» compare percentages: from 20% to 30% is 10 percentage points.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «percentage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«percentage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/percentage.html) on Mova free.