percent
/pɚˈsɛnt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
American usage
noun
A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).
noun
One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.
noun
The percent sign, %.
noun
An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend.
prep_phrase
Per hundred.
Example Sentences
- "10 percent off all swimwear this week!"
- "Diane Watson has had a distinguished career in education and politics, and last year was elected to the House of Representatives, winning 75 percent of the vote in her Congressional district."
- "In Sichuan the rates were much higher. In Kaixian county, a close examination by a team sent by the provincial party committee at the time concluded that in Fengle commune, where 17 per cent of the population had perished in less than a year, up to 65 per cent of the victims had died because they were beaten, punished with food deprivation or forced into committing suicide."
- "Twelve percent of the world’s population now relies directly or indirectly on the fisheries industry."
- "A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack."
- "only a small percent attain the top ranks"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˈsɛnt/
- British English: /pəˈsɛnt/
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
% (alternative, abbreviation)
p. c. (alternative, abbreviation)
p.c. (alternative, abbreviation)
pc (alternative, abbreviation)
pct (alternative, abbreviation)
per cent (alternative, Commonwealth)
per cent. (alternative, archaic)
per centum (alternative, archaic)
percents (plural)