Definitions for percent
pərˈsɛntper·cent

Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. percentage, percent, per centum, pct(noun)

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

Wiktionary(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. percent(Noun)

   A part or other object per hundred

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

2. percent(Noun)

   percentage.

Origin: per centum.

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

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. Harold Holland:

   It was 100 percent my fault.

2. Zollie Smith:

   We stand behind him 100 percent.

3. Chief Financial Officer Corey Bieber:

   We target our 15 percent returns.

4. Frank Comito:

   About 70 percent of the Caribbean.

5. Theodore Sturgeon:

   Ninety percent of everything is crap.

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