percentageness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From percentage + -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛntɪd͡ʒnəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛntɪd͡ʒnɛs/, /pɚˈsɛntɪd͡ʒnɪs/, /pɚˈsɛntɪd͡ʒnəs/
Noun
[edit]percentageness (uncountable)
- The quality of being a percentage.
- 1972, United States Postal Service, Action of the Governors Under 39 U.S.C. Section 3625 and Supporting Record in the Matter of Postal Rate and Fee Increases, 1971: Pocket No. R71-1 Before the Postal Rate Commission[1], United States Government Publishing Office:
- Mr. SCHWARTZ: That is right, the matetial that is in the record, we, by that percentageness, extrapolated to 1972.