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...
- 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...
- A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. For example, moving up from 40% to 44% is a 4 percentage...
- In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. The statistic is commonly used in standings or rankings...
- Percentage solution may refer to: M**** fraction (chemistry) (or "% w/w" or "wt.%."), for percent m**** Volume concentration (or "% v/v") for percent volume...
- Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in many sports that track saves as a statistic. In ice hockey and lacrosse...
- In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly...
- In finance, specifically in foreign exchange markets, a percentage in point or price interest point (pip) is a unit of change in an exchange rate of a...
- In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP), also known as on-base average/OBA, measures how frequently a batter reaches base. It is the ratio of...
- The Percentages Agreement was a secret informal agreement between British prime minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during the...