percent

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One part in every hundred, written with the sign %.

   Almost 90 percent of the students passed the final exam.

2. 2
   adv

   For every hundred; out of a total of 100.

   She won 75 percent of the vote in the election.

3. 3
   noun

   The percent sign, %.

   Remember to add a percent sign after the number.

From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).

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