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percent

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noun

per·​cent pər-ˈsent How to pronounce percent (audio)
1
US percent or chiefly British per cent plural percent
a
: one part in a hundred
We provided 100 percent [=100%] of the labor.
I spend about 50 percent of my workday in meetings.
b
: percentage
A large percent of their income is used to pay rent.
2
percents plural, British : securities bearing a specified rate of interest
We invested in 3 percents.

percent

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adjective

1
: reckoned on the basis of a whole divided into 100 parts
There was a 20 percent [=20%] increase in orders.
The manufacturer hopes to achieve a 10 percent decrease in carbon dioxide emissions.
2
: paying interest at a specified percent
a 4 percent government bond

percent

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adverb

: in the hundred : of each hundred
The defendant was found 40 percent at fault.
I agreed with their suggestions one hundred percent.

Example Sentences

Noun The value has increased half a percent.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
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Adjective
There is a 20 or so percent chance of isolated showers but nothing that will be a washout. Doug Phillips, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adverb

earlier per cent, from per + Latin centum hundred — more at hundred

First Known Use

Noun

1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Adjective

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1568, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of percent was in 1568

Phrases Containing percent

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