{
    "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
}