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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  percentage 
  n  1:  a  proportion  multiplied  by  100  [syn:  {percent},  {per  centum}, 
  {pct}] 
  2:  an  asset  belonging  to  or  due  to  or  contributed  by  an 
  individual  person  or  group  "he  wanted  his  share  in  cash" 
  [syn:  {share},  {portion},  {part}] 




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