Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per cent.

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
per -cen-t.
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Archaic form of percent.

Archaic

Etymology

Abbreviation of per centum, which means for every hundred or by the hundred.

Usage

Questions

What does per cent. mean?
Archaic form of percent.
Where does per cent. come from?
Abbreviation of per centum, which means for every hundred or by the hundred.

How to pronounce per cent.

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