percent
The French word 'pourcentage' behaves similarly to the English word 'percent' in terms of usage. It is commonly used in math, finance, statistics, or to generally express a proportion out of 100. Just like in English, it is used to denote a part or fraction of a whole.
What is the success rate?
This sentence is asking for a specific measurable value (%), denoting the rate of success in relation to an unspecified context.
I need to calculate the profit percentage.
This sentence denotes the speaker's requirement of calculating their profit's relative value or proportion.
The failure rate is quite high.
This sentence is stating that the proportion of failure (in relation to unspecified success) is high in their context.
There has been a percentage increase.
This sentence indicates that there has been a relative increase in an unspecified context or value.
This tax represents a significant percentage of our income.
This sentence means that a particular tax accounts for a major part of the speaker's income.
A percentage of our profits is given to charity.
This sentence signifies that the speaker donates a part of their profit to charity.
My grades have increased by a certain percentage.
This sentence indicates that the speaker's academic performance has improved to a certain degree.
A high percentage of the team is sick.
This sentence reveals that a significant portion of the team is currently not in good health.
The success rate for this course is 85%.
This sentence indicates that 85 out of every 100 students are successful in this course.
The percentage of errors in the report was unacceptable.
This sentence implies that the report had an unacceptable level of mistakes.