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Noun: percentage  pur'sen-tij
  1. A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
    - percent, per centum, pct
     
  2. Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
    "he wanted his percentage in cash"
    - share, portion, part

Derived forms: percentages

Type of: assets, proportion

Part of: earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits

Encyclopedia: Percentage