1. a rate, number, or amount in each hundred
2. a part or share of a whole

Examples

• What percentage of students passed the exam?
• The sales tax is 8.5 percentage points.
• A large percentage of the population lives in cities.
• She gets a percentage of the profits from each sale.
• The percentage of women in engineering has increased.
• Only a small percentage of applicants were accepted.
• The company’s profit margin improved by several percentage points.