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percent, per cent; percentage; percentile
percent, per cent (puhr SENT) (noun)
An amount that is equal to one one-hundredth of something: It is estimated that water covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
Shelby is 99.9 percent sure that her version of the incident is accurate.
percentage (puhr SEN tij) (noun)
1. A share of the winnings of an undertaking: After taxes, Scott received a percentage of the profit from the sale of the property.
Camille was pleased with her percentage of the bet she made at the horse race in the afternoon.
2. Part of the whole of something presented in hundredths: Sally asked, "What is the percentage of winners in the lottery?"percentile (puhr SENT tighl") (noun)
One of 100 equal parts that a group of people can be divided into in order to rank them: Larry's friend scored in the 95th percentile in advanced vocabulary skills.
Trina wonders what the percentage is of people who achieve a 100 percent on their driver's test. Her mother was in the top 75th percentile of her age when she took her last driver’s test.
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percentile
1. In statistics, a value on a scale of one hundred that indicates whether a distribution is above or below it.
2. One of a set of points on a scale arrived at by dividing a group into parts in an order of magnitude.
2. One of a set of points on a scale arrived at by dividing a group into parts in an order of magnitude.
For example, a score equal to or greater than 97 percent of those attained on an examination is said to be in the 97th percentile.