one fifth
Noun
Meaning
one part in five equal parts
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one-fifth
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About 80 per cent of countries have national plans of action and policies but only one-fifth have plans that are fully funded or have measurable targets.
According to Bloomberg calculations, Turkey’s net foreign-currency reserves have dropped around $9 billion from the peak of late December, now standing at $35 billion, which only covers one fifth of Turkey’s foreign obligations over the next 12 months.
According to the caliphate's interpretation of Islamic legal principles, fighters who seize money or property are supposed to share four fifths of the loot among themselves and give one fifth to the organisation.
About one-fifth of the student body lives on campus.
About 80,500 people work in downtown Detroit, comprising one-fifth of the city's employment base.
According to the Central Bank of Armenia, in 2005, cash remittances from Armenians working abroad reached a record-high level of $1 billion, which is worth more than one fifth of the country’s 2005 Gross Domestic Product.