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per cent

/ pə ˈsɛnt /

adverb

  1. Alsoper centum in or for every hundred %
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a percentage or proportion
  2. often plural securities yielding a rate of interest as specified

    he bought three percents

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of per cent1

C16: from Medieval Latin per centum out of every hundred
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Example Sentences

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But we controlled the field really well with our kicking and winning the aerial battle and the crowd gave the boys that extra five or 10 per cent.

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Eighty per cent of patients are women and the average age of someone receiving surgery is 25.

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"One important area to watch is whether women judges – who make up approximately 35 to 40 per cent of the judiciary – will face marginalisation or dismissal," says Mr Sayed.

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Israel Katz said the zones would provide a "buffer" to protect Israeli communities "in any temporary or permanent situation", and that "tens of per cent" of the Palestinian territory had been added since the Israeli offensive resumed three weeks ago.

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He said that "60 per cent" of core funding must be spent on "actual change on the ground".

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