percentage
US: /pɝˈsɛnədʒ/, /pɝˈsɛnɪdʒ/, /pɝˈsɛntədʒ/, /pɝˈsɛntɪdʒ/
UK: /pəsˈɛntɪdʒ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
percentage /pə'sentidʤ/- danh từ
- tỷ lệ phần trăm
- tỷ lệ; phần
- onlt a small percentage of his books are worth reading: chỉ một tỉ lệ nhỏ (phần nhỏ) sách của anh ta là đáng đọc
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C+sing./pl. v.] the number, amount, rate of sth, expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100; a part or share of a whole: What percentage of the population is / are overweight? + A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers. + Interest rates are expected to rise by one percentage point (= one per cent). + The figure is expressed as a percentage. + The results were analysed in percentage terms.
2 [C, usually sing.] a share of the profits of sth: He gets a percentage for every car sold.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
share, part, portion, proportion, interest, piece, Colloq cut:
We are to get a percentage of the profits in return for our investment.
Collocation
ADJ.
high, large
The area has a high percentage of unemployed men.
| low, small
VERB + PERCENTAGE
calculate | express sth as
This figure can be expressed as a percentage of the total.
PERCENTAGE + NOUN
point
Unemployment has fallen by two percentage points this month.
| rate
Insurance contributions are paid at a fixed percentage rate on all earnings.
| figure | increase, rise
the percentage rise in the average salary
| decline, fall, reduction | share
PREP.
~ of
What percentage of women own a car?
PHRASES
in percentage terms
The numbers are relatively low in percentage terms.
| on a percentage basis
The artist's agent receives commission on a percentage basis.
Concise dictionary
percentagespər'sentɪdʒ /pə-noun
+a proportion multiplied by 100
+assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
