per cent in English
- per cent⇄adj. by the hundred; for, in, or to every hundred (used with a preceding numeral to express a proportion).
Ex. a 50 per cent chance to win, a 10 percent deduction, a two percent sales tax. - per cent⇄expr. per cents or percents,
a. (with preceding numeral) securities, especially public ones, bearing the designated rate of interest.
Ex. to invest in the three per cents.
b. (without preceding numeral) percentages.
Ex. The trea - per cent⇄noun 1. hundredths; parts in each hundred. Five per cent is 5 of each 100, or 5/100 of the whole. Five per cent of 40 is 2. The use of ?per cent is a convenient way to express many proportions.
Ex. shrinkage of less than one per cent. Ten per cent - per cent⇄per cent?,orpercent, noun, adjective.