percent

Meanings

Plural: percent, percents

Noun

• a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
• A percentage, a proportion (especially 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.

Adv

• For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

Prep_Phrase

• Per hundred.

Synonyms

pct, per centum, percentage

Related Words

ampersand, asterisk and asterism, at sign, backslash, bullet, dagger, degree symbol, number sign, per mille, per myriad, permille, pipe, ppb, ppm, ppq, ppt, prime, tilde, underscore, vertical bar, ‰, ‱

Anagrams of percent