percentage

noun

Etymology: From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).

1. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

   “A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.”

   “The replacement percentages are based largely on household spending data from the Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey.”

2. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.

   “She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.”

3. Benefit or advantage.

   “There was no percentage in staying at home.”