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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

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

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Anagrams for PERCENT »

1. precent

How to pronounce PERCENT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say PERCENT in sign language?

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. Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer:

   I don’t think this is really complicated, every bit of news about her is always about emails, the foundation, the corruption, he added. Krauthammer said what he found most interesting was Trump’s support among Republicans jumped to 90 percent in the CNN/ORC poll, after previously being in the high 70s.

2. Ophir Gottlieb:

   A VIX of 26 means something is going to happen, the bearish take on options right now is that we broke through VIX of 20 by 40 percent in one day so we are nowhere near done selling.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   Why ? Because it is n’t 100 percent of what the president wants on immigration ? That’s not how our democracy works – you don’t get 100 percent of what you want in a democracy, maybe in a dictatorship.

4. Samuel Goldwyn:

   I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

5. Eduardo Cunha:

   We were wrong when we changed the oil law from a concession model to a production sharing regime, the requirement that Petrobras (hold 30 percent of all subsalt blocks) will be corrected. As for the change in the (overall) oil regime, I don't know.

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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
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=PERCENT