Percent
Definitions
- A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).
- Per hundred.
- One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.
- The percent sign, %.
- An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend.
Equivalents
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Azərbaycan dilifaiz
Българскипроцент
বাংলাশতাংশ
Catalàper cent
Češtinaprocento
Danskprocent
Ελληνικάτοις εκατό
Eestiprotsent
עבריתאחוז
Magyarszázalék
Հայերենտոկոս
Bahasa Indonesiapersen
Italianoper cento
日本語パーセント
ქართულიპროცენტი
Қазақ тіліпайыз
ភាសាខ្មែរភាគរយ
Kurdîfaîz
Кыргызчапайыз
Lietuviųprocentas
Македонскипроцент
Монголхувь
Bahasa Melayuperatus
Maltifil-mija
မြန်မာရာခိုင်နှုန်း
Nederlandsprocent
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਤ
Portuguêspor cento
Românăprocent
Русскийпроцент
Slovenčinapercento
Svenskaprocent
Kiswahiliasilimia
Tagalogbahagdan
Türkçeyüzde
اردوفیصد
O'zbekchafoiz
Tiếng Việtphần trăm
Examples
“only a small percent attain the top ranks”
“And from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit⟳ rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay⟳.”
“[…]Several stocks in the Three Per Cents and Three Per Cents Reduced to be transferred into the name⟳ and to the credit of the prosecutor, without any authority to him (the traverser) to sell⟳, negotiate⟳, transfer⟳ or pledge the said 9000l. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities.”
“Why, from the pleasant and businesslike manner in which the transaction is carried out, it might be a large purchase⟳ in the three per cents. Yet what a piece of work⟳ a man makes of his first "pop."”
“picking up on a phrase that was used as early as 1752, Benjamin Disraeli famously referred to the “sweet simplicity of the three percents in his novel Endymion (1880) because of the reliable dividend this form⟳ of investment provided.”
“By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase⟳ by 2008?”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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