Definitions for percent
pərˈsɛntper·cent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. percentage, percent, per centum, pctnoun

   a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. percentnoun

   A part or other object per hundred

   A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.

2. percentnoun

   percentage.

3. Etymology: per centum.

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1. percent

   In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin: per centum, "by a hundred") is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", although the abbreviations "pct.", "pct" and sometimes "pc" are also used. A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number); it has no unit of measurement.

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1. percent

   A percent or percentage is a mathematical term used to express a number or ratio as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the symbol "%". For example, if 50 out of 100 people have blue eyes, we say that 50% of the people have blue eyes. It is also used to indicate proportional relationships.

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1. • Proportion

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'percent' in Written Corpus Frequency: #394

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'percent' in Nouns Frequency: #1413

Anagrams for percent »

1. precent

How to pronounce percent?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of percent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of percent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of percent in a Sentence

1. Peter Rogers:

   It's what we expected. And it's what was forecast. For us, it's very straightforward. It's retaining the contracts we've got, delivering so that the contracts keep on growing, and winning new ones, i can't call it 12 months ahead quite that closely, but you know we'd be looking for 10 percent again this year.

2. Del Pino:

   We are close to 90 percent of inventory levels already ... We could see a steep fall in oil prices in the next few weeks.

3. Tourism Ministry Director-General Amir Halevi:

   This will change the game, the price of tickets will go down 50 percent.

4. Jerry Cuomo:

   If there is a 100 percent opportunity in the blockchain, bitcoin, or the currency, is only 1 percent of it.

5. Colonel Sanders:

   That’s better than 100 percent being indifferent.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=percent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Percent
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent
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