percentage

割合、百分率

全体を１００として表した割合。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： percentage of something (A high percentage of students walk to school.)

類義語： proportion

よく使う表現： high percentage, percentage increase, percentage of something

歩合、取り分

売上や利益のうち、一定の割合で計算される取り分。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： percentage of something (The agent receives a percentage of each sale.)

類義語： commission, share, cut

よく使う表現： percentage of profits, take a percentage, earn a percentage

利点、得

何かをすることで得られる利益や役立つ結果。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： percentage in doing something (There is no percentage in arguing with him.)

類義語： benefit, advantage, gain

反対語： disadvantage

よく使う表現： no percentage, percentage in something