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Per cent
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Per cent
A unit of measurement used to express a proportion in relation to 100
Synonyms:
percent
percentage
proportion
Antonyms:
whole
entirety
Examples:
Interest rates rose to 3
per cent
last month.
The company aims for a 25
per cent
profit increase.
Only 10
per cent
of students passed the exam.
Etymology:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin
per centum
, meaning
by the hundred
.
Usage Statistics:
79 mentions per 1 million words
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