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fraction

noun as in part

noun as in incomplete number

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Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers.

While the donations represent only a fraction of the ongoing recovery effort, officials say international attention has helped amplify local relief work and drawn new resources to survivors who lost homes, belongings and loved ones.

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That tiny fraction, incidentally, came to more than a billion dollars.

"There is a high probability that this policy will only raise a fraction of the amount expected by the chancellor."

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Numerous individuals own more than one bitcoin, for example, while others own just a fraction of one.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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