per centum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of per centum
1555–65; < Latin: literally, by the hundred
Example Sentences
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This numerical equivalence results from the definition of the “percentage” unit, whose name is derived from the Latin phrase per centum meaning “by the hundred.”
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Says Long: "The decline in purchasing power of 27%�before a single per centum is deducted for income tax�would outrage anybody but a teacher."
From Time Magazine Archive
Between 1889 and 1896 there were 40 such operations, with a maternal mortality reduced to 32.5 per centum by modern surgical methods.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Intrauterine hemorrhage brought on by a premature separation of the placenta is a very dangerous condition: 32 to 50 per centum of the mothers die, and 85 to 94 per centum of the children.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
About 70 to 80 per centum of the cases are in primiparous women.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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