What does PERCENT mean?
Definitions for PERCENT
pərˈsɛntper·cent
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PERCENT.
Princeton's WordNet
percentage, percent, per centum, pctnoun
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
Wiktionary
percentnoun
A part or other object per hundred
A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.
percentnoun
percentage.
Etymology: per centum.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'PERCENT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #394
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'PERCENT' in Nouns Frequency: #1413
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for PERCENT »
precent
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PERCENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PERCENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of PERCENT in a Sentence
We found that 7.5 percent number is actually pretty good when it comes to value and you can actually push it a little further on cost effectiveness grounds.
Half the patients at the end of the study still had open wounds. Fifty percent to 60 % still needed other procedures. The story was far from over when the study ended for most of these patients.
Chief Executive Alain Bellemare:
Today, we only use about 10 percent of a 370-acre site at Downsview and bear the entire cost of operating a 7,000-foot runway.
We need to hold a general election in 2017 because that is a promise we made, there has been no charter that pleases people 100 percent.
On this basis only one percent of reformists were approved, the Guardian Council has ruined the joy that arose from the lifting of sanctions.
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Translations for PERCENT
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- persentAfrikaans
- في المائة, بالمائةArabic
- faizAzerbaijani
- адсотак, працэнтBelarusian
- процентBulgarian
- per centCatalan, Valencian
- procentoCzech
- procentDanish
- ProzentGerman
- τοις εκατόGreek
- pocento, elcento, procentoEsperanto
- por ciento, porcientoSpanish
- protsentEstonian
- درصدPersian
- prosentti, sadasosaFinnish
- pourcentFrench
- às a' cheudScottish Gaelic
- אחוזHebrew
- फ़ीसदीHindi
- százalékHungarian
- տոկոսArmenian
- hundraðshluti, prósenta, hundraðstalaIcelandic
- per centoItalian
- パーセントJapanese
- პროცენტიGeorgian
- процент, пайызKazakh
- ភាគរយKhmer
- 퍼센트Korean
- per centumLatin
- ເປີເຊັນLao
- procentas, nuošimtisLithuanian
- procentsLatvian
- ōrauMāori
- насто, процентMacedonian
- peratusMalay
- procentDutch
- procentPolish
- percentoPortuguese
- procent, la sutăRomanian
- процентRussian
- проценат, posto, odsto, procenat, постотак, postotak, посто, одстоSerbo-Croatian
- percentoSlovak
- odstotekSlovene
- përqindAlbanian
- procentSwedish
- சதவீதம், விழுக்காடுTamil
- శాతంTelugu
- เปอร์เซ็นต์Thai
- faiz, yüzdeTurkish
- процент, відсотокUkrainian
- جیصدیUrdu
- phần trămVietnamese
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