per cent
Britishadverb
noun
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a percentage or proportion
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(often plural) securities yielding a rate of interest as specified
he bought three percents
Etymology
Origin of per cent
C16: from Medieval Latin per centum out of every hundred
Example Sentences
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Despite aggressive investments, shares of SK hynix and its larger South Korean rival Samsung Electronics have fallen sharply by 33 per cent and 41 per cent respectively over the past month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The company has forecast second-quarter operating profits to increase 1,800 per cent on last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Fifty-nine per cent of the BBC network TV budget was spent outside London last year, although that is down by one percentage point on the year before.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
At six months, 82 per cent of participants had no signs of disease progression.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
At present, as we have seen, more than 99 per cent of the interstate food shipments slip by without inspection.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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