specified percentage

collocation in English

meaningsofspecifyandpercentage

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specify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈspes.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈspes.ə.faɪ/
to explain or describe something clearly ...
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percentage
noun
uk
/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us
/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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(Definition ofspecifyandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The licences carried an entitlement to salvage expressed as aspecifiedpercentageof the net proceeds of the sale of the wreck.
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They are required only to set aside aspecifiedpercentageeach year.
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Clause 4 provides that, as for all other contributions, aspecifiedpercentageof the new contributions shall be allocated to the national health service.
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Thespecifiedpercentagehas not yet been made clear and neither has the threshold; therefore, the amount is very indeterminate.
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The levy can be increased only by aspecifiedpercentage.
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The principal obligation upon importing members is to buy aspecifiedpercentageof their normal commercial imports of wheat from member exporting countries as a whole.
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Most importantly, it would allow restaurateurs to display prices as inclusive of aspecifiedpercentage of service without any negative impact for him or his staff in taxation terms.
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In fact, the foreign postal service pays aspecifiedpercentageof the stamp charge to the distributing postal service in the destination country, to meet the costs of distribution.
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Aspecifiedpercentageis a different matter.
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It involves aspecifiedpercentage.
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In appreciation of that, provisional capping principles allowed local authorities the opportunity to set their expenditure at aspecifiedpercentageover the preceding year's spending level.
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There will also be a legal obligation on all employers to spend a nationallyspecifiedpercentageof their payroll on training with proper quality objectives and targets.
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Despite being environmentally sensible, there is no commitment to the maintenance of rail freight capability or to aspecifiedpercentagelevel of freight to travel by rail.
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The degrees were based on weight below aspecifiedpercentageof median weight for age.
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For employees to receive a contribution from their employer, the employee must contribute aspecifiedpercentageinto a 401(k) plan.
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Electricity distributors or wholesaler purchasers of electricity are required to source aspecifiedpercentage of their electricity (portfolio) from renewable generation sources.
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The absolute threshold is not a discrete point, and is therefore classed as the point at which a response is elicited aspecifiedpercentageof the time.
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Payment levels were allocated among contract commodities according to specified percentages, generally derived from each commoditys share of projected deficiency payments for fiscal 1996-2002.
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