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cent per cent.

a. With reference to interest, profit, etc.: a hundred for every hundred; a sum equal in amount to the principal; interest paid or charged at this or a similar rate; (also) an agreement or undertaking to pay interest at such a rate. Also attributive, as cent per cent profit, etc. Also figurative. Now rare. [Compare Italian cento per cento (1535 or earlier); the form cento por cento in quot. 1576 appears to reflect a misapprehension of the Italian phrase. Compare also per cent adv., per cento adv.]

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1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F.iiii To gaine no more, but Cento por cento.]

1618 T. Roe in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) II. 487 Any of theis in needleworke or imbroiderie will sell cent. per cent. or not much les.

1652 J. Darell Strange News from Indies 21 The proceed..would amount at least to 60. per cent. profit, which makes 8000 li. and thence to England, cent. per cent...amounts to 16000 li.

c1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 38 Pay Cent. per Cent. more than the things are worth.

1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 391 They commonly make Cent per Cent.

?1700 E. W. tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Life Donna Rosina i. 36 The Cargo he had brought home at Cent per Cent profit.

1762 T. Fitzmaurice Let. 26 Feb. in E. C. Mossner & I. S. Ross Corr. A. Smith (1977) lxiv. 83 Tradesmen certainly make at least cent per cent of their Money here.

a1811 R. Cumberland tr. Aristophanes Clouds in T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Comedies (1822) II. 127 Hence with your registers, your cents-per-cent.

1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 29 Aug. 15/2 A score or so of sheep, which he had sold for nearly cent. per cent. in Scotland.

1910 Textile World Rec. Dec. 82/1 He can make cent per cent on a capital of $15,000.

1928 R. A. Freeman Flighty Phyllis (2001) 100 ‘Who the deuce can they be?’ exclaimed Charlie, returning Althea's smile with cent per cent interest.

1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child ii. 25 Never heard of a cent-per-cent in your life, have you, brat?

2003 R. P. Mohanty Dalits Devel. & Change 53 [They] have taken to lending money to the Bāuris at cent per cent interest per annum.

b. = one hundred per cent at hundred n. and adj. 2c.

(a) Used adverbially: totally, completely. Now chiefly Indian English.

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1686 G. Harvey Conclave of Physicians (ed. 2) i. xi. 114 The term of a Remitting Fever..yet not being found among the Records of Hippocrates..and the rest of those Ancient Physicians, who in knowledge and distinction of Diseases exceeded us cent per cent.

1729 C. Johnson Village Opera i. i. 10 La. Wise. Methinks it is pity but the young Folks had seen one another before Marriage. Sir Nich. No, Wise, no; t'is Cent. per Cent. better as it is.

1766 D. Garrick Let. 12 Apr. in R. B. Peake Mem. Colman family (1841) I. vi. 180 I am in general, cent per cent. better, for my present purgatory. Qualms, pukings, and yellowness..have left me.

1827 New Times 24 Oct. 1/1 (advt.) The Patent Jacks and Ranges will be found upwards of cent. per cent. better than any others.

1890 Lancaster Gaz. 26 Mar. 1/1 Who shall say that human differences are not cent. per cent. worse than brute differences?

1895 Morning Post 18 Jan. 1/3 (heading) Unparalleled [exam] results—cent. per cent. successful.

1973 Times of India 20 Apr. 14/6 The touring Australian cricketers kept their cent per cent unbeaten record intact.

2004 A. Verghese in A. Kumar Away 281 The night matron ushered me out. ‘Cent per cent fatal, Doctor,’ she said... ‘By morning? All over.’

(b) Used adjectivally: total, complete. Chiefly Indian English.

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1915 Rep. Public Instr. Bengal 1913–14 vi. 9 Compared with the needs of Western Bengal, the present outturn, notwithstanding cent. per cent. successes, is exceedingly meagre.

1941 Times of India 4 Feb. 10/2 The Congress Party..inflicted a cent per cent defeat on its Hindu Sabha rivals in the new triennial elections.

2008 K. Subha et al. in G. Palanithurai Dynamics New Panchayati Raj Syst. India VI. vii. 184 It will not be an exaggeration to say that the programme could achieve cent per cent success in meeting its objectives.

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释义	> as lemmas cent per cent Phrases cent per cent. a. With reference to interest, profit, etc.: a hundred for every hundred; a sum equal in amount to the principal; interest paid or charged at this or a similar rate; (also) an agreement or undertaking to pay interest at such a rate. Also attributive, as cent per cent profit, etc. Also figurative. Now rare. [Compare Italian cento per cento (1535 or earlier); the form cento por cento in quot. 1576 appears to reflect a misapprehension of the Italian phrase. Compare also per cent adv., per cento adv.] ΚΠ 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F.iiii To gaine no more, but Cento por cento.] 1618 T. Roe in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) II. 487 Any of theis in needleworke or imbroiderie will sell cent. per cent. or not much les. 1652 J. Darell Strange News from Indies 21 The proceed..would amount at least to 60. per cent. profit, which makes 8000 li. and thence to England, cent. per cent...amounts to 16000 li. c1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 38 Pay Cent. per Cent. more than the things are worth. 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 391 They commonly make Cent per Cent. ?1700 E. W. tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Life Donna Rosina i. 36 The Cargo he had brought home at Cent per Cent profit. 1762 T. Fitzmaurice Let. 26 Feb. in E. C. Mossner & I. S. Ross Corr. A. Smith (1977) lxiv. 83 Tradesmen certainly make at least cent per cent of their Money here. a1811 R. Cumberland tr. Aristophanes Clouds in T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Comedies (1822) II. 127 Hence with your registers, your cents-per-cent. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 29 Aug. 15/2 A score or so of sheep, which he had sold for nearly cent. per cent. in Scotland. 1910 Textile World Rec. Dec. 82/1 He can make cent per cent on a capital of $15,000. 1928 R. A. Freeman Flighty Phyllis (2001) 100 ‘Who the deuce can they be?’ exclaimed Charlie, returning Althea's smile with cent per cent interest. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child ii. 25 Never heard of a cent-per-cent in your life, have you, brat? 2003 R. P. Mohanty Dalits Devel. & Change 53 [They] have taken to lending money to the Bāuris at cent per cent interest per annum. b. = one hundred per cent at hundred n. and adj. 2c. (a) Used adverbially: totally, completely. Now chiefly Indian English. ΚΠ 1686 G. Harvey Conclave of Physicians (ed. 2) i. xi. 114 The term of a Remitting Fever..yet not being found among the Records of Hippocrates..and the rest of those Ancient Physicians, who in knowledge and distinction of Diseases exceeded us cent per cent. 1729 C. Johnson Village Opera i. i. 10 La. Wise. Methinks it is pity but the young Folks had seen one another before Marriage. Sir Nich. No, Wise, no; t'is Cent. per Cent. better as it is. 1766 D. Garrick Let. 12 Apr. in R. B. Peake Mem. Colman family (1841) I. vi. 180 I am in general, cent per cent. better, for my present purgatory. Qualms, pukings, and yellowness..have left me. 1827 New Times 24 Oct. 1/1 (advt.) The Patent Jacks and Ranges will be found upwards of cent. per cent. better than any others. 1890 Lancaster Gaz. 26 Mar. 1/1 Who shall say that human differences are not cent. per cent. worse than brute differences? 1895 Morning Post 18 Jan. 1/3 (heading) Unparalleled [exam] results—cent. per cent. successful. 1973 Times of India 20 Apr. 14/6 The touring Australian cricketers kept their cent per cent unbeaten record intact. 2004 A. Verghese in A. Kumar Away 281 The night matron ushered me out. ‘Cent per cent fatal, Doctor,’ she said... ‘By morning? All over.’ (b) Used adjectivally: total, complete. Chiefly Indian English. ΚΠ 1915 Rep. Public Instr. Bengal 1913–14 vi. 9 Compared with the needs of Western Bengal, the present outturn, notwithstanding cent. per cent. successes, is exceedingly meagre. 1941 Times of India 4 Feb. 10/2 The Congress Party..inflicted a cent per cent defeat on its Hindu Sabha rivals in the new triennial elections. 2008 K. Subha et al. in G. Palanithurai Dynamics New Panchayati Raj Syst. India VI. vii. 184 It will not be an exaggeration to say that the programme could achieve cent per cent success in meeting its objectives. extracted from centn.¹adj.¹ < as lemmas
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