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  • 1ten-per|cent|er — «TEHN puhr SEHN tuhr», noun. Slang. 1. an agent, as of an actor or writer: »The…ten percenters retired to several of the town s toney hangouts (Manchester Guardian Weekly). 2. any person whose commission is ten per cent of the profit or… …

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  • 2Mister Ten Per Cent — Directed by Peter Graham Scott Produced by W.A. Whittaker Written by Mira Avrech Charlie Drake Norman Hudis Lew Schwarz …

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  • 3The Ten-Per-Cent Solution — «The Ten Per Cent Solution» «Де ся ти про цент ное е решение» Эпизод «Симпсонов» …

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  • 4give a hundred and ten per cent — give a hundred per cent or give a hundred and ten per cent to try or work as hard as you can in order to achieve something …

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  • 5give a hundred (and ten) per cent — give a ˈhundred (and ten) per cent idiom to put as much effort into sth as you can • Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight. Main entry: ↑hundredidiom …

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  • 6per cent — [[t]pə(r) se̱nt[/t]] ♦ N COUNT: num N, oft N of n (The spelling percent is also used. Per cent is both the singular and the plural form.) You use per cent to talk about amounts. For example, if an amount is 10 per cent (10%) of a larger amount,… …

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  • 7per cent — When the government designs a new penny, the number of government workers that have to approve the design is ten per cent …

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  • 8per cent — (esp. BrE) (AmE usually percent) noun VERB + PER CENT ▪ account for, amount to, be equal to, comprise, constitute, equal, represent ▪ Overseas earnings accounted for 9% of th …

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  • 9per cent — /pə sent/ adjective, adverb out of each hundred, or for each hundred ♦ 10 per cent ten in every hundred ● What is the increase per cent? ● Fifty per cent of nothing is still nothing. ▪▪▪ ‘…this would represent an 18 per cent growth rate – a… …

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  • 10give a hundred per cent — or give a hundred and ten per cent to try or work as hard as you can in order to achieve something …

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