"%age" meaning in All languages combined

See %age on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: %ages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} %age (plural %ages)
  1. Abbreviation of percentage. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: percentage Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-%age-en-noun-aYvbTFFC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1995 May 9, The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, “Rockets' Chances Against Phoenix”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "2) His shooting %age goes up about .015 in the playoffs; that'll increase after last series' numbers are figured in.\n3) His rebounding (won't be true this season), free-throw %age (won't be true this season), blocks, and assists/game go up in the playoffs.",
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          "ref": "1996 April 4, Ted Roberts, “ORLANDO: This Team Makes Me Sick!!!!”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.orlando-magic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "His career free-throw %age is higher than Wilt Chamberlain's",
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          "ref": "2001 June 24, David Spera, “Makes with high %age of manuals?”, in rec.autos.driving (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
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          "ref": "2006 February 20, Declan Shanaghy, “[hylafax-users] high %age of international faxes fail”, in fa.hylafax (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
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