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percent

or per cent

[ per-sent ]

noun

  1. Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
  2. British. stocks, bonds, etc., that bear an indicated rate of interest.


adjective

  1. figured or expressed on the basis of a rate or proportion per hundred (used in combination with a number in expressing rates of interest, proportions, etc.): : %

    to get three percent interest.

percent

  1. One part in a hundred. For example, 62 percent (also written 62%) means 62 parts out of 100.

percent

  1. A fraction expressed as a number of hundredths. Twelve percent of a quantity, for example, is twelve one-hundredths of it. Twelve percent may also be written 12%.
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Confusables Note

In the senses 鈥渞ate or proportion per hundred鈥 and 鈥減roportion in general鈥 percent and percentage are frequently interchangeable. With a preceding number, only percent occurs ( a 16 percent decline ); with no preceding number, either occurs, but percentage is much more common: a certain percentage (or percent ) of the land.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫别谤路肠别苍迟顎僡濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of percent1

First recorded in 1560鈥70; short for Medieval Latin per centum 鈥渂y the hundred鈥; per, cent
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In 1965, just 24 percent of Americans said involvement in the Vietnam War had been a mistake.

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Beyond the economy, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that only 40 percent of Americans approve of Trump's overall performance as president.

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Ten percent better-looking wouldn鈥檛 do me much good so I鈥檒l take the talent.

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Humanitarian assistance would face cuts of 54 percent, while global health funding would fall by 55 percent, the memo says.

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鈥淎 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods 鈥 coupled with a retaliatory 125 percent Chinese tariff on U.S. goods 鈥 can be expected to dramatically curtail the region鈥檚 trade with China.鈥

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