per cent

per·cent also per cent  (pr-snt)

adv.

Out of each hundred; per hundred.

n.

1. pl. percent also per cent One part in a hundred: The report states that 42 percent of the alumni contributed to the endowment. Also called per centum.

2. pl. percents A percentage or portion: She has invested a large percent of her salary.

3. percents Chiefly British Public securities yielding interest at a specified percentage.

adj.

Paying or demanding interest at a specified percentage: a 5 ¹/₂ percent checking account.

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[From per cent., abbreviation of per centum, by the hundred : per, per; see per + centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: Statistically speaking, a quantity can be increased by any percentage but cannot be decreased by more than 100 percent. Once pollution has been reduced by 100 percent, for example, it ceases to exist. In defiance of this logic, however, advertisers sometimes refer to a 150 percent decrease in lost luggage or a new dental rinse that reduces plaque on teeth by over 300 percent. Presumably what is implied by the latter is that the new rinse is three times as effective as some other rinse, but such constructions are still subject to criticism as illogical. · Percent can take a singular or plural verb, depending on how the quantity being described is viewed. Very often what determines the form of the verb is the noun nearest to it. Thus one might say Eighty percent of the legislators are going to vote against the bill or Eighty percent of the legislature is set to vote the bill down. In the second sentence the group of legislators is considered as a body, not as individuals. When percent is used without a following prepositional phrase, either a singular or plural verb is acceptable.

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per cent [pə ˈsɛnt]

adv

Also per centum in or for every hundred Symbol %

n also per'cent

1. a percentage or proportion

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (often plural) securities yielding a rate of interest as specified he bought three percents

[from Medieval Latin per centum out of every hundred]

Translations

per cent [pəˈsent] N → por ciento
20 per cent → el 20 por ciento
it has increased by eight per cent → ha aumentado(en)un ocho por ciento
there's a ten per cent discount → hay un descuento del diez por cien(to), hay un diez por ciento de descuento
the population is 90 per cent Roman Catholic → el 90 por ciento de la población es católica
a half (a) per cent cut in interest rates → un recorte de un cero coma cinco por ciento en los tipos de interés
100 per cent → cien por cien
he's not feeling a hundred per cent today → hoy no se encuentra al cien por cien

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per cent percent [pɜː^rˈsɛnt]

n → pour cent
fifty per cent → cinquante pour cent
by 15 per cent → de 15 pour cent
to fall by five per cent → baisser de cinq pour cent
to rise five per cent → augmenter de cinq pour cent

adv
to fall five per cent → baisser de cinq pour cent
to rise five per cent → augmenter de cinq pour cent

adj
a 20 per cent discount → une réduction de 20 pour cent

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per cent, (US) percent

n → Prozent nt; per cent sign (Typ) → Prozentzeichen nt; what per cent? → wie viel Prozent?; 20 per cent → 20 Prozent; a 10 per cent discount → 10 Prozent Rabatt; a ten per cent increase → eine zehnprozentige Steigerung; to increase something by 10 per cent → etw um 10 Prozent erhöhen; to give 100 per cent → 100 Prozent geben; I’m 99 per cent certain that … → ich bin (zu) 99 Prozent sicher, dass …

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per cent [pəˈsɛnt]

1. n → per cento

2. adv → per cento
a 20 per cent discount → uno sconto del 20 per cento

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per cent [pəˈsɛnt]

1. n → per cento

2. adv → per cento
a 20 per cent discount → uno sconto del 20 per cento

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