Definition of "twenty percent" []

• One part in five equal parts (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "More students than ever are taking college entrance exams, but these tests are showing that only twenty percent are prepared to take college-level classes in English, math, and science."
• "She kept a twenty percent stake for herself, gave twenty percent to Sarah McClure, and gave the remaining Elm Creek Quilters ten percent each."
• "I do not accept an America where only twenty percent of our students are prepared to take college-level classes in English, math, and science - where barely one in ten low-income students will ever graduate from college."