Percentage — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɚsˈɛntɪdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/pəsˈɛntɪdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pəsˈɛntɪdʒ/

3 syllables Say it as /pɚsˈɛntɪdʒ/.

Examples

he wanted his share in cash

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

per centum portion share percent part pct

Parts of Speech

noun	a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
noun	assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group “he wanted his share in cash”

Word Forms

share

verb

have, give, or receive a share of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Prozentsatz

ein Verhältnis im Verhältnis zu einem Ganzen (das ist normalerweise der Betrag pro Hundert)

🇫🇷French

pourcentage

une proportion par rapport à un tout (qui est généralement le montant pour cent)

🇪🇸Spanish

porcentaje

una proporción en relación con un todo (que suele ser la cantidad por cien)

🇮🇹Italian

percentuale

una proporzione rispetto all'intero (che di solito è l'importo per cento)

🇵🇹Portuguese

percentagem

uma proporção em relação a um todo (que geralmente é o valor por cem)

🇷🇺Russian

процент

пропорция по отношению к целому (обычно это количество на сотню)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

को PERCENTAGE

संपूर्ण के संबंध में एक अनुपात (जो आमतौर पर प्रति सौ राशि है)

🇧🇩Bengali

শতাংশ

সমগ্রের সাথে একটি অনুপাত (যা সাধারণত প্রতি শতের পরিমাণ)

🇮🇳Tamil

சதவீதம்

ஒரு முழுமையுடன் தொடர்புடைய விகிதாச்சாரத்தில் (இது பொதுவாக நூறுக்கான தொகையாகும்)

🇮🇳Telugu

శాతం

మొత్తానికి సంబంధించి ఒక నిష్పత్తి (ఇది సాధారణంగా వందకు మొత్తం)

🇮🇳Marathi

टक्केवारी

संपूर्ण संबंधातील प्रमाण (जे सहसा प्रति शंभर रक्कम असते)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટકાવારી

સમગ્રના સંબંધમાં પ્રમાણ (જે સામાન્ય રીતે સો દીઠ રકમ હોય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶೇಕಡಾವಾರು

ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆಯಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಅನುಪಾತ (ಇದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನೂರಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊತ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശതമാനം

മൊത്തവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് ഒരു അനുപാതം (സാധാരണയായി ഇത് നൂറിൽ ഉള്ള തുകയാണ്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ

ਪੂਰੇ ਦੇ ਸਬੰਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ (ਜੋ ਕਿ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਸੌ ਦੀ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

فیصد

مجموعی کے سلسلے میں ایک تناسب (جو عام طور پر فی سو کی رقم ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

百分比

相对于整体的比例（通常是每百的数量）

🇯🇵Japanese

割合

全体に対する割合 (通常は 100 あたりの量)

🇰🇷Korean

백분율

전체에 대한 비율(보통 100개당 금액)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phần trăm

một tỷ lệ liên quan đến tổng thể (thường là số tiền trên một trăm)

🇹🇭Thai

เปอร์เซ็นต์

สัดส่วนที่เกี่ยวข้องกับทั้งหมด (ซึ่งโดยปกติจะเป็นจำนวนเงินต่อร้อย)

🇮🇩Indonesian

persentase

proporsi dalam kaitannya dengan keseluruhan (yang biasanya merupakan jumlah per seratus)

🇵🇭Filipino

porsyento

isang proporsyon na may kaugnayan sa isang kabuuan (na karaniwang ang halaga bawat daan)

🇲🇾Malay

peratusan

perkadaran berhubung dengan keseluruhan (yang biasanya jumlah setiap seratus)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نسبة مئوية

نسبة بالنسبة إلى الكل (وهو عادة المبلغ لكل مائة)

🇮🇷Persian

درصد

نسبت نسبت به یک کل (که معمولاً مقدار در صد است)

🇹🇷Turkish

yüzde

bir bütüne göre oran (genellikle yüzdeki miktardır)

🇮🇱Hebrew

אֲחוּזִים

פרופורציה ביחס למכלול (שזה בדרך כלל הכמות למאה)

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The primary meaning of 'percentage' is 'a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)'.

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