transcription, транскрипция: [ pər-ˈsen-tij ]
noun
Date: circa 1789
1.
a. : a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a high percentage of students attended
b. : the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
the percentage equals the rate times the base
2.
a. : a share of winnings or profits
b. : advantage , profit
no percentage in going around looking like an old sack of laundry — Wallace Stegner
3. : an indeterminate part : proportion
4.
a. : probability
b. : favorable odds