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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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