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percentage

[/pərˈsentɪdʒ/]
nounfemininepl: percentages / percentages
percentagem
1. A rate, number, or amount in each hundred
The percentage of students who passed the exam was 85%.
A percentagem de alunos que passou no exame foi de 85%.
2. A proportion or share of a whole expressed in hundredths
What percentage of the budget is allocated to marketing?
Que percentagem do orçamento é alocada para marketing?
3. A financial benefit or interest
He receives a percentage of the profits.
Ele recebe uma percentagem dos lucros.
Synonyms
percentproportionshareratepart

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
percentual
Commonly used in Brazilian Portuguese as both noun and adjective
São Paulo
percentagem
Standard formal usage
Portugal
percentagem
Preferred in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

a small percentage of
a high percentage of
percentage points
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