percentage

Prozentsatz, Prozentanteil

Anteil, der als Zahl von hundert angegeben wird.

In einfachem Englisch: An amount expressed as a number out of one hundred.

• What percentage of people agreed?
• The percentage of empty houses has fallen.
• She calculated the percentage increase in sales.

So benutzt man es: percentage of something (A high percentage of students walk to school.)

Synonyme: proportion

Häufige Wendungen: high percentage, percentage increase, percentage of something

Provision, Gewinnanteil

Anteil an Verkaufserlösen oder Gewinnen, der nach einem Prozentsatz berechnet wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A share of money earned from sales or profits, calculated as a number out of one hundred.

• She earns a percentage on every sale.
• His contract gives him a percentage of the profits.
• What percentage does the agent take?

So benutzt man es: percentage of something (The agent receives a percentage of each sale.)

Synonyme: commission, share, cut

Häufige Wendungen: percentage of profits, take a percentage, earn a percentage

Nutzen, Vorteil

Vorteil oder nützliches Ergebnis, das man durch eine Handlung gewinnen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: An advantage or useful result you can gain from doing something.

• There is no percentage in waiting.
• She saw little percentage in taking that risk.
• What is the percentage in keeping this old machine?

So benutzt man es: percentage in doing something (There is no percentage in arguing with him.)

Synonyme: benefit, advantage, gain

Gegenteile: disadvantage

Häufige Wendungen: no percentage, percentage in something