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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
percentage
/pəˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/
noun
part of a whole divided into hundredths
- “Workers in these factories comprise a large percentage of immigrants.”Tatoeba
- “A large percentage of bottled water is actually bottled tap water.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)