Meaning & use
percentage share
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Meanings
nouncountable
the part of a total amount that belongs to one group, shown as a number out of 100.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a percentage share or percentage shares. Often followed by of: the percentage share of women.
Patterns
- percentage share of something
- a high/low percentage share
- hold a percentage share
The company's percentage share of the smartphone market rose to 18 percent last year.
Women hold a larger percentage share of management jobs than they did ten years ago.
The chart shows the percentage share of each product in total sales.
nouncountablebusinessfinance
a portion of something, such as profits or ownership, that is calculated as a percentage.
Grammar: Countable; often used with verbs like receive, get, or own.
Patterns
- receive a percentage share
- own a percentage share
- a percentage share in something
Each investor receives a percentage share of the profits.
She owns a small percentage share in the family business.
The partners agreed on a percentage share for each member.
Word forms
| plural | percentage shares |
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Common combinations
- percentage share of the market
- The brand's percentage share of the market has grown steadily.
- a large percentage share
- A large percentage share of the budget goes to education.
- hold a percentage share
- The two companies hold an equal percentage share.
- percentage share in profits
- Employees get a percentage share in profits.
Synonyms and how they differ
- proportion
- Proportion is a more general word for a part compared to the whole; percentage share specifically expresses that part as a number out of 100.
- share
- Share is the general word for a part given to someone; percentage share makes clear the part is measured in percent.
Word family
- percent noun
- one part in every hundred.
- percentage noun
- an amount expressed as a number out of 100.
Commonly confused: percentage share or percentage point?
percentage share vs percentage point
A percentage point is the difference between two percentages (e.g., from 10% to 15% is a 5 percentage point rise), while percentage share is the portion itself.
Practice
The company's percentage share of the market ______ from 10% to 15% last year.
Choose one answer.
'Rose' is the correct intransitive past tense meaning 'went up'. 'Raised' needs an object (raised something), 'arose' means 'happened or appeared', and 'risen' is the past participle and cannot stand alone here.
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