Percent

Quick meaning: Percent is an adverb meaning (American spelling) For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

Meaning

(American spelling) For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

More Meanings

1. A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).
2. One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.
3. The percent sign, %.
4. An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend.
5. Per hundred.

Example Sentences

only a small percent attain the top ranks

Twelve percent of the world’s population now relies directly or indirectly on the fisheries industry.

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.

A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack.

Word Forms

• per cent
• per centum
• percents

Synonyms for percent

Depending on context, synonyms include percentage, pct.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include percentage, pct, billion, ratio, figure, half.

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