per centumadv.

Brit.

/pə ˈsɛntəm/, U.S.

/pər ˈsɛn(t)əm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: Latin per, centum.

Etymology: < classical Latin per per prep. + centum a hundred (see centum n.²), after Italian per cento (see per cent adv.). Compare per cent adv.The phrase is not attested in classical Latin.

= per cent adv.The usual form in Acts of legislative bodies and most legal documents.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > proportional > of percentage > specified

per cento1553

per cent1568

per centum1589

three per cent1880

1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 532 Our captaine declaring how vnreasonable a thing the kinges custome was, requested to haue the same abated, and to pay seuen and a halfe per centum.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 240 Not as heere ten or fifteene per Centum.

1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade sig. D2 They were to pay for wares brought in, and carried out one and a quarter per centum custome, and no more.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5825/3 The Interest of one Penny per Centum per Diem.

1782 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xiv. 245 No person is allowed..to take more than five per centum per annum simple interest, for the loan of monies.

1825 Times 21 Sept. 2/4 The shipwrights shall be paid 20 per centum in addition to the prices set forth in their book of prices.

1888 Resol. Ho. Comm. 6 July That the Consolidated Three Pounds per Centum Annuities and the Reduced Three Pounds per Centum Annuities shall be redeemable.

1933 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 27 164 The expenses of the Internal Revenue Inspection Service shall not exceed five per centum of internal revenue receipts.

1970 G. C. Cameron Regional Econ. Devel. 142 Loan assistance shall not exceed 65 per centum of the aggregate cost to the applicant.

2000 Cape Times 19 July i. 16/4 (advt.) Payment: 10% (ten per centum) of the purchase price on the date of the sale.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	per centum
释义	per centumadv. Brit. /pə ˈsɛntəm/, U.S. /pər ˈsɛn(t)əm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: Latin per, centum. Etymology: < classical Latin per per prep. + centum a hundred (see centum n.²), after Italian per cento (see per cent adv.). Compare per cent adv.The phrase is not attested in classical Latin. = per cent adv.The usual form in Acts of legislative bodies and most legal documents. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > proportional > of percentage > specified per cento1553 per cent1568 per centum1589 three per cent1880 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 532 Our captaine declaring how vnreasonable a thing the kinges custome was, requested to haue the same abated, and to pay seuen and a halfe per centum. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 240 Not as heere ten or fifteene per Centum. 1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade sig. D2 They were to pay for wares brought in, and carried out one and a quarter per centum custome, and no more. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5825/3 The Interest of one Penny per Centum per Diem. 1782 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xiv. 245 No person is allowed..to take more than five per centum per annum simple interest, for the loan of monies. 1825 Times 21 Sept. 2/4 The shipwrights shall be paid 20 per centum in addition to the prices set forth in their book of prices. 1888 Resol. Ho. Comm. 6 July That the Consolidated Three Pounds per Centum Annuities and the Reduced Three Pounds per Centum Annuities shall be redeemable. 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 27 164 The expenses of the Internal Revenue Inspection Service shall not exceed five per centum of internal revenue receipts. 1970 G. C. Cameron Regional Econ. Devel. 142 Loan assistance shall not exceed 65 per centum of the aggregate cost to the applicant. 2000 Cape Times 19 July i. 16/4 (advt.) Payment: 10% (ten per centum) of the purchase price on the date of the sale. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1589
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