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percent
- /pəˈsɛnt/ UK
- /pɚˈsɛnt/ US
- /pəˈsent/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).
adverb % · p. c. · p.c. · pc · pct · per cent
- For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion). 10 percent off all swimwear this week!
noun percent · percents · % · p. c. · p.c. · pc
- A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred). only a small percent attain the top ranks
- One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth. And from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay.
- The percent sign, %.
- An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend. […]Several stocks in the Three Per Cents and Three Per Cents Reduced to be transferred into the name and to the credit of the prosecutor, without any authority to him (the traverser) to sell, negotiate, transfer or pledge the said 9000l. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities.
phrase % · p. c. · p.c. · pc · pct · per cent
- Per hundred. By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase by 2008?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: per centum, percentage, pct, billion, ratio, figure, half, proportion, per, portion, share, hundred, cent, rate, growth, correct
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noun a part or other object per hundred
| Español | por ciento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 퍼센트 peosenteu, 프로 peuro |
| 日本語 | パーセント pāsento, プロセント purosento |
| 中文 | 百分之…… bǎi fēn zhī..., 趴 pā, 巴仙 bāxiān |
| हिन्दी | प्रतिशत pratiśat, फ़ीसद fīsad |
| Kiswahili | asilimia |
| Português | por cento |
| Français | pour cent, pourcent |
| Deutsch | vom Hundert, Prozent, Perzent |
| Italiano | per cento |
| Ελληνικά | τοις εκατό tois ekató |
| Română | procent, la sută |
| Русский | проце́нт procént |
| Tiếng Việt | phần trăm |
| العربية | فِي الْمِئَة fī l-miʔa, بِالْمِئَة bi-l-miʔa |
| עברית | אָחוּז akhúz |
Talk about this word "percent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/percent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. percent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/percent "percent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/percent.Cite this
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title = {percent},
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