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Percentage Sign

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
percent sign
plural
Percentage Signs
possessive
Percentage Sign's
pluralpossessive
Percentage Signs'