per cent
adjective, adverb/pə ˈsent/
/pər ˈsent/
(especially British English) (North American English usually percent)
(symbol %)
Idioms - by, in or for every hundred
- a 15 per cent rise in price
- The company announced a 21 per cent increase in profits.
- House prices dropped 8 per cent last year.
- Dairy product prices jumped (= increased by)10.4 per cent in April.
- Shares in the company are up 1.9 percent.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See per cent in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha/one hundred per cent
- in every way synonym completely
- I'm not a hundred per cent sure.
- My family supports me one hundred per cent.
- completely fit and healthy
- I still don't feel a hundred per cent.
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