Basics
What is a percentage?
A percentage is the number, amount, rate of something, expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary).
Synonyms for “percentage”
- percentage
- the percentage of people who are poor
- the percentage of poor people
- proportion
- the proportion of people who are poor
- the percentage of poor people
- rate
- the rate of people who are poor
- the rate of poor people
- the rate of poverty