Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word The rate, number, or amount in each hundred.
Percentage
/pəˈsentɪdʒ/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
This word has no antonymsExamples:
What's the percentage of milk in this cake?A large percentage of students passed the exam.
Etymology:
The word percentage likely originates from the late 16th century, and is derived from the French pourcentage which, in turn, is from the Latin per centum meaning by the hundred.
Usage Statistics:
48 mentions per 1 million words 
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