单词 | percent |
释义 | percent (pərsɛnt) Word forms: percent countable noun You use percent to talk about amounts. For example, if an amount is 10 percent (10%) of a larger amount, it is equal to 10 hundredthsof the larger amount. Sixteen percent of children live in poverty in this country. Sales of new homes fell by 1.4 percent in August. percent in British Englishnoun percentage or proportion percent in American English (pərˈsɛnt) adverb, adjective 1. per hundred; in, to, or for every hundred symbol, % a 20 percent rate means 20 in every 100 : also per cent, Rare per cent. noun 2. a hundredth part 3. Informal percentage 4. [pl.]; British securities bearing regular interest of a (stated) percentage the four percents Word origin < It per cento < L per centumExamples of 'percent' in a sentence |
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