Synonym: part, proportion, quota, rate, ratio. Similar words: per cent, advantage, take advantage of, fierce, perceive, perceived, perception, a stage. Meaning: [pər'sentɪdʒ /pə-] n. 1. a proportion multiplied by 100 2. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
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121. There were 162 first-time deputies and the official media stressed that the percentage of college graduates was higher than before.
122. Over time, in a certain percentage of cells, that mutation caused further errors.
123. The results reported in this section look at the percentage of correct words with and without substitutions.
124. It is exactly this problem which causes a percentage of artificial hip joint failures.
125. In the preceding example,[sentencedict.com/percentage.html] the approximate annual percentage rate is 14. 6 percent.
126. Each is asking for more than a double-digit percentage increase.
127. People at the bottom of the income ladder bear a minuscule percentage of the tax burden.
128. These contributions will be charged over the average expected remaining service lives of employees as a fixed percentage of expected future pay.
129. The debt ratio fell to 65.9 per cent, down 19.4 percentage points from 85.3 per cent last year.
130. A substantial percentage of these lawsuits are brought by attorneys working on a contingency fee basis.
131. And he crusaded to boost minority enrollment in honors classes until it matched the percentage of minorities enrolled in the school.
132. The total carbon content has, therefore, been taken as the carbon content and quoted as a percentage weight.
133. These can be compared to the original volume to calculate the percentage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air.
134. He suggested they donate a percentage of their revenue to the cause.
135. A percentage of the takings is usually allocated to advertising: this is the advertising budget.
136. Likewise, further groupings such as percentage of coarse sand or of very fine sand may also be calculated.
137. The labour constant should also give the operatives of different gangs or trades equal opportunity to earn a similar percentage bonus.
138. The ash tray was getting crowded when I decided there was no percentage in doing any more worrying for a while.
139. In comparison, the time required to make random insertions to direct-linked balanced tree files did not change with overflow percentage.
140. The stock allocation to an individual account is based upon a percentage of pay or some other formula established in advance.
141. By the year 2005, the percentage of service jobs in the economy likely will exceed 80 percent.
142. And the percentage who report membership differs substantially from country to country.
143. In return, the agent is paid a commission - a percentage of the value of the sales he or she makes.
144. The annual percentage rise in the Tax and Price Index.
145. The Arab states allocate a higher percentage of their gross domestic product to military expenditures than do the Western countries.
146. Also, the percentage of District women who receive adequate prenatal care has improved somewhat since the start of the decade.
147. The Rhone Rangers also have produced a host of Rhonestyle blends, usually with a high percentage of grenache.
148. There are also differences between ethnic groups in the percentage of one-parent families, as Figure 2.16 shows.
149. Beyond its business district, the community has a strong residential base that includes a sizable percentage of retirees.
150. Nowadays, a large percentage of appeals are delegated by the Secretary of State for decision by his planning inspectorate.
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