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percentage
Commerce the interest, tax, commission, or allowance on a hundred items

percentage [pər′senĀ·tij]
(mathematics)
The result obtained by taking a given percent of a given quantity.


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``You play the percentages, you play to the strengths of your football team to mask their deficiencies,'' Schottenheimer said.
But rather than play the percentages, Lancers coach Mike Sanders gambled and went bust in the second quarter.
Although Hackett has acknowledged the talent level is not what he had hoped, USC seems to play the percentages in tight games as though the opponents were Ohio State or Florida State.
 
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