Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Percentage \Per*cent"age\, n. [Per cent + -age, as in average.
   See {Per}, and {Cent}.] (Com.)
   A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of
   interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

Source : WordNet®

percentage
     n 1: a proportion multiplied by 100 [syn: {percent}, {per centum},
           {pct}]
     2: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an
        individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
        [syn: {share}, {portion}, {part}]