Proportion (5)
There are a few possibilities for this:
percentage
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">proportion</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(scale is a kind of proportion)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for scale that I've seen before include "Climb; flake of skin" , "Climb, or series of notes in music" , "range" , "Tones rising maybe" , "Deposit in kettles, etc" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">proportion</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in other clues)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ratio that I've seen before include "Proportion, relation" , "Measure of two relative sizes" , "Comparative measure" , "Proportion of one thing to another" , "Eg, three to one" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">proportion</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(percentage is a kind of proportion)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for percentage that I've seen before include "Proportion stated in hundredth parts" , "cut?" , "Proportion, share" , "Maybe commission" , "Proportion in each 100" .)