- a variation of percent.
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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The group maintained its forecast for annual revenue growth of between 3 and 4.5 per cent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Ninety-nine per cent of these young people on the street have no clue how the ministry of defence is operating, how the general staff is operating," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
That represents a 28 per cent improvement compared with earlier studies.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
According to a 2024 profile of him, Su “spent almost 100 per cent of his time in China over the last 20 years.”
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
Insecticides gave good control of flies in 1950 and during this same year the infant mortality rate was reduced by nearly 50 per cent.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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