percent
Pronunciation Adverb
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Pronunciation Adverb
percent (not comparable)
- For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion). [from 16th c.]
- 2002, Leon Jaroff, Time, 8 May:
- Diane Watson has had a distinguished career in education and politics, and last year was elected to the House of Representatives, winning 75 percent of the vote in her Congressional district.
- 2016, Arthur Neslen, The Guardian, 7 July:
- Twelve percent of the world’s population now relies directly or indirectly on the fisheries industry.
- 2002, Leon Jaroff, Time, 8 May:
percent (plural percent)
- A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).
- only a small percent attain the top ranks
- One part per hundred; one percent. [from 19th c.]
- 2008, Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money, Penguin 2008, p. 254:
- And from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay.
- 2008, Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money, Penguin 2008, p. 254:
- French: pour cent, pourcent
- German: vom Hundert, Prozent, Perzent
- Italian: per cento
- Portuguese: por cento
- Russian: проце́нт
- Spanish: por ciento
- Per hundred.
- 2014, Alan Tussy, Diane Koenig, Basic Mathematics for College Students with Early Integers (ISBN 9781285450872), page 637:
- By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase by 2008?
- 2014, Alan Tussy, Diane Koenig, Basic Mathematics for College Students with Early Integers (ISBN 9781285450872), page 637:
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