per centum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of per centum
1555–65; < Latin: literally, by the hundred
Example Sentences
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On May 16, 1866, Congress authorized the creation of a new American coin: the five-cent piece composed of copper and “not exceeding twenty-five per centum of nickel.”
From Time
Section seventeen of the original charter provided that twenty-five per centum of the subsidy bonds should be retained by the government until the entire line of the road was completed.
From Project Gutenberg
The mortality in the unvaccinated is between 40 and 50 per centum.
From Project Gutenberg
It never paid us two per centum on its cost, and finally was sold by the trustee, Colonel Davis.
From Project Gutenberg
The amount granted is within the court’s discretion, but generally it is about twenty-five per centum of the husband’s income.
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