Percentage sign

/pəsˈɛntɪdʒ sˈaɪn/

/pɚsˈɛntɪdʒ sˈaɪn/

Percentage sign

a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100

Examples

1. Get rid of the percentage sign.

2. It's called the percentage sign, or percent for short.

3. Or, if you go backwards, you divide by 100 and get rid of the percentage sign.

4. A very quick way to think about how to go from decimals to percent is you can multiply by 100, and then put the percentage sign.