Meaning & use
percent
One part in every hundred, used to express a proportion or rate.
See it in a sentence
Only ten percent of the students missed the deadline for their essays.
The store is offering twenty percent off all winter clothing this week.
A note on using this word
Percent is written as one word in American English, unlike the British per cent, and always follows a number.
Words with a similar meaning
per hundred
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