[per.cent.age] n (ca. 1789) 1 a: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths b: the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
2. a: a share of winnings or profits b: advantage, profit "no ~ in going around looking like an old sack of laundry --Wallace Stegner"
3: an indeterminate part: proportion
4. a: probability b: favorable odds