percentage

porcentaje

Cantidad que se expresa tomando cien como total.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: percentage of something (A high percentage of students walk to school.)

Sinónimos: proportion

Expresiones frecuentes: high percentage, percentage increase, percentage of something

comisión, porcentaje

Parte del dinero de ventas o beneficios, calculada como una proporción de cada cien.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: percentage of something (The agent receives a percentage of each sale.)

Sinónimos: commission, share, cut

Expresiones frecuentes: percentage of profits, take a percentage, earn a percentage

beneficio, ventaja

Beneficio o resultado útil que puedes obtener al hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: percentage in doing something (There is no percentage in arguing with him.)

Sinónimos: benefit, advantage, gain

Antónimos: disadvantage

Expresiones frecuentes: no percentage, percentage in something