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• Percentage point — Percentage points (pp) are the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. Consider the following hypothetical example: in 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked. We can thus say that from 1980 to …   Wikipedia

• Percentage play — in contract bridge is a generic name for plays in which declarer maximizes the chances for obtaining a certain number of tricks or the maximum number of tricks when considering the suit in isolation. Sometimes the percentage play is not the… …   Wikipedia

• percentage rent — USA In a commercial leasing context, an amount payable by a tenant in addition to the base rent. Percentage rent is typically based on a percentage of the tenant s sales in excess of a fixed base dollar amount, which is often referred to as the… …   Law dictionary

• percentage point — ➔ point1 * * * percentage point UK US noun [C] ► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a unit of measure equal to one percent, used to refer to changes in interest rates: »Markets showed a slight recovery when the Federal Reserve cut short term interest rates by… …   Financial and business terms

• percentage — Since a percentage can be a quantity of any size, and even (unlike part) more than the whole, it is best to qualify it with adjectives such as small, tiny, or large, or by the adverb only, as appropriate: a large percentage of books published in… …   Modern English usage

• Percentage-of-Completion method — Percentage of Completion (PoC) is an accounting method of work in progress evaluation, for recording long term contracts. For such tasks, this is the only method authorised by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)Fact|date=August …   Wikipedia

• percentage change — percentage (%) change The percentage change in the price of a security, i.e. the percentage of change between the last trade and the previous day s closing price. London Stock Exchange Glossary …   Financial and business terms

• percentage — [pər sent′ij] n. 1. a given part or amount in every hundred 2. any number or amount, as of interest, tax, etc., stated in percent 3. part; portion; share [a percentage of the audience ] ☆ 4. Informal a) use; advantage; profit [no percentage in… …   English World dictionary

• percentage lease — A rental agreement, usually with respect to a retail business property, whereby a portion of the gross sales or net sales of the tenant is used to determine the rent. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. percentage lease …   Law dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• percentage ratio tests — See class tests. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …   Law dictionary