percenter

American

[per-sen-ter] / pərˈsɛn tər /

noun

a person or thing that charges or pays a certain percentage, cooperates to a specified degree, etc. (used in combination).

agents and other ten-percenters.

Etymology

Origin of percenter

First recorded in 1860–65; percent + -er ¹

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“I’m a 200 percenter - 100% American and 100% Mexican,” she said at a recent school board meeting in Colorado’s rural Western Slope.

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2023

We may not have the one percenter problems, economic mobility or the high ceilings the Frasers enjoy in "The Undoing."

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2020

A "colourful five percenter" is a Yukon term for a particular character who personifies the territory's unique frontier spirit.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2019

“Dr. Koontz told me I was a 1 percenter, a unicorn,” Stella says.

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 16, 2018

Consider these facts: To be a 1 percenter, a family needs an annual income of approximately $390,000.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2014

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