percent

  • 1percent — [pər sent′] adv., adj. [< It per cento < L per centum] per hundred; in, to, or for every hundred: symbol, % [a 20 percent rate means 20 in every 100]: also per cent or Now Rare per cent. n. 1. a hundredth part 2. Informal percentage 3. [pl …

    English World dictionary

  • 2percent — index proportion, share (interest) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3percent — 1560s, per cent, from Mod.L. per centum by the hundred (see PER (Cf. per) and HUNDRED (Cf. hundred)). Until early 20c. often treated as an abbreviation and punctuated accordingly …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4percent — ▪ I. percent per‧cent 1 [pəˈsent ǁ pər ] also per cent adjective, adverb 5 percent (5%)/​10 percent (10%) etc equal to 5, 10 etc parts out of every 100 parts: • a one percent (= 1% ) cut in interest rates …

    Financial and business terms

  • 5percent — per|cent1 S3 also per cent BrE [pəˈsent US pər ] adj, adv 1.) 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts ▪ a 10% increase in house prices ▪ a company with a forty percent stake in the project 2.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6percent — percental, adj. /peuhr sent /, n. 1. Also called per centum. one one hundredth part; 1/100. 2. percentage (defs. 1, 3). 3. Brit. stocks, bonds, etc., that bear an indicated rate of interest. adj. 4. figured or expressed on the basis of a rate or… …

    Universalium

  • 7percent — 1 also per cent BrE adjective, adverb 1 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to 5, 10 etc parts out of a total that consists of 100 parts: Leave the waitress a 15 percent (=15%) tip. 2 a/one hundred percent completely, totally: I agree with… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8percent — per|cent1 [ pər sent ] noun singular *** one part of 100, or a particular amount of a total that you have divided by 100. Percent is often shown using the symbol %: He only owns 20% of the business. percent of: Women now represent 50 percent of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9percent — 01. This beer is quite strong, over 8 [percent], so don t drink too fast. 02. I think that the [percentage] of students that have to repeat a level in this program is usually about 25% or less. 03. What [percentage] of your salary do you have to… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 10percent — I. adverb Etymology: earlier per cent, from per + Latin centum hundred more at hundred Date: 1568 in the hundred ; of each hundred II. noun (plural percent or percents) Date: 1667 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary