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{
"term": "percentage",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the number, amount or rate of something, expressed as if it is part of a total that is 100; a part or share of a whole",
"sensetop": "percentage of something/somebodyas a percentage",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What percentage of the population is/are overweight?",
"contextForm": "percentage of something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "A **high percentage** of the female staff are part-time workers."
},
{
"text": "a **large/small/low percentage**"
},
{
"text": "The figure is expressed as a percentage.",
"contextForm": "as a percentage"
},
{
"text": "The results were analysed **in percentage terms**."
},
{
"text": "Interest rates are expected to rise by one **percentage point** *(= a unit of one per cent)*."
},
{
"text": "Tax rates fell by 3.4 percentage points."
},
{
"text": "Our region accounts for a disproportionate percentage of new infections."
},
{
"text": "In wealthier nations food represents a smaller percentage of overall consumer spending."
},
{
"text": "Insurance contributions are paid at a fixed percentage rate on all earnings."
},
{
"text": "Medical expenditure percentages ranged from 3.9% in Arizona to 9.8% in Delaware."
},
{
"text": "That percentage declined to 49.7 last year."
},
{
"text": "The area has a high percentage of unemployed men."
},
{
"text": "The disease affects a greater percentage of men than women."
},
{
"text": "The numbers are relatively low in percentage terms."
},
{
"text": "This figure can be expressed as a percentage of the total."
},
{
"text": "Unemployment has fallen by two percentage points this month."
},
{
"text": "What percentage of women own a car?"
},
{
"text": "Young women comprise a large percentage of our clients."
},
{
"text": "the percentage rise in the average salary"
}
],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "high", "huge"],
"verb + percentage": ["calculate", "determine", "estimate"],
"percentage + verb": ["decline", "decrease", "drop"],
"percentage + noun": ["point", "rate", "figure"],
"preposition": ["percentage of"],
"phrases": ["in percentage terms", "on a percentage basis"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a share of the profits of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He gets a percentage for every car sold."
},
{
"text": "The artist's agent receives commission on a percentage basis."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "high", "huge"],
"verb + percentage": ["calculate", "determine", "estimate"],
"percentage + verb": ["decline", "decrease", "drop"],
"percentage + noun": ["point", "rate", "figure"],
"preposition": ["percentage of"],
"phrases": ["in percentage terms", "on a percentage basis"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsentɪdʒ/",
"audio": "pe/percentage/percentage__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsentɪdʒ/",
"audio": "pe/percentage/percentage__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}