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percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
a share of winnings or profits
percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
one hundredth of a whole : percent
percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
the average (as of a baseball fielder) determined by dividing the number of putouts and assists by the number of chances —called also fielding average
percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
a statistic that is expressed as a 3-digit decimal and that indicates the frequency with which a batter reaches base by a hit, a walk, or being hit by a pitch
percentage
noun(per-cent-age)
a statistic that reflects a batter's ability to get extra-base hits and that is expressed as a ratio (such as a rate per thousand) of the total number of bases reached on base hits (with one base for a single, two for a double, three for a triple, and four for a home run) to official times at bat
percentage
idiom(per-cent-age)
—used to say that something should not be done because there is no chance that it will produce a good result

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