percentage

pourcentage

Quantité exprimée en prenant cent comme total.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : percentage of something (A high percentage of students walk to school.)

Synonymes : proportion

Expressions courantes : high percentage, percentage increase, percentage of something

commission, pourcentage

Part des recettes ou des bénéfices calculée selon un taux sur cent.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : percentage of something (The agent receives a percentage of each sale.)

Synonymes : commission, share, cut

Expressions courantes : percentage of profits, take a percentage, earn a percentage

intérêt, avantage

Bénéfice ou résultat utile que l’on peut obtenir en faisant quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : percentage in doing something (There is no percentage in arguing with him.)

Synonymes : benefit, advantage, gain

Contraires : disadvantage

Expressions courantes : no percentage, percentage in something