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Meaning of Percent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

pə(ɹ)ˈsɛnt

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

العربية بِالْمِئَة بالمائة فِي الْمِئَة

Azərbaycanca faiz

Български процент

বাংলা শতাংশ

Bosanski postotak procenat procent постотак проценат процент

Català per cent

Čeština procento

Dansk procent

Deutsch Perzent Prozent vom Hundert

Ελληνικά τοις εκατό

Esperanto centono elcento pocento procento

Español por ciento

Eesti protsent

Suomi pinna prosentti prosenttinen prossa sadannes sadasosa

Français percent percent pour cent pourcent

עברית אחוז

हिन्दी प्रतिशत फ़ीसद

Hrvatski postotak procenat procent постотак проценат процент

Magyar százalék

Հայերեն տոկոս

Bahasa Indonesia persen

Íslenska hundraðshluti hundraðstala prósenta

Italiano per cento

日本語パーセント

ქართული პროცენტი

Қазақша пайыз

ខ្មែរ ភាគរយ

한국어 퍼센트 프로

Kurdî faîz

Кыргызча пайыз

Lietuvių procentas

Македонски процент

Монгол хувь

Bahasa Melayu peratus

Malti fil-mija

မြန်မာဘာသာ ရာခိုင်နှုန်း

Nederlands procent

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਤ

Polski procent procentowy

Português por cento

Română procent

Русский процент

Slovenčina percento

Српски postotak procenat procent постотак проценат процент

Svenska procent

Kiswahili asilimia

தமிழ் சதவீதம் விழுக்காடு

Тоҷикӣ дарсад фоиз

ไทย ร้อยละ เปอร์เซ็นต์

Tagalog bahagdan

Türkçe yüzde

Українська відсоток проце́нт

اردو فیصد

Oʻzbekcha foiz

Tiếng Việt phần 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

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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