Definition of Percentage. Meaning of Percentage. Synonyms of Percentage

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Definition of Percentage

Percentage
Percentage Per*cent"age, n. [Per cent + -age, as in average. See Per, and Cent.] (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

Meaning of Percentage from wikipedia

- In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a hundred') is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the...
- A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent...
- In sports, a winning percentage or Copeland score is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. The statistic is commonly used in standings...
- In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since...
- The body fat percentage of an organism is the total m**** of its fat divided by its total body m****, multiplied by 100; body fat includes essential body...
- Percentage solution may refer to: M**** fraction (or "% w/w" or "wt.%"), for percent m**** Volume fraction (or "% v/v" or "vol.%"), volume concentration...
- Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic. In...
- In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at-bats...
- In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly...
- The percentages agreement was a secret informal agreement between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during the...