percentage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
    percent; pct; per centum.
  2. noun assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
    portion; part; share.
    • he wanted his share in cash

WordNet

Per*cent"age noun
Etymology
Per cent + -age, as in average. See Per, and Cent.
Definitions
  1. (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

Webster 1913