percent

[US]/pəˈsent/
[UK]/pəˈsent/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the proportion per hundred; a portion
adj. out of one hundred
adv. in a percentage of

Phrases & Collocations

percentage

percentile

percentile rank

percentile score

one hundred percent

percent of pass

recovery percent

percent reduction

a hundred percent

weight percent

percent conversion

mass percent

volume percent

Example Sentences

percent interest on a loan

took 20 percent off.

selling at a 50 percent loss.

percent gold coverage of paper currency

a 5½ percent checking account.

a reduction of 12 percent in violent crime.

the nontransparent plastic layer contains 5 percent to 70 percent of calcium carbonate and 1 percent to 60 percent of toughening agent;

I am 100 percent in agreement.

There 50 percent or more of the population is illiterate.

he was a one-percenter, riding outside of the law.

required to make a 30 percent in-kind contribution.

a savings plan that paid 12 percent interest.

The 48 percent of vessel elements have vesicular tylosis.

Other breeds on the rise over the past decade are the Miniature Bull Terrier, up 109 percent, the Bull Terrier (102 percent), Staffordshire Bull Terrier (69 percent) and the Bullmastiff (22 percent).

They see gains of 5 to 10 percent this spring.

Thomsons have a 48 percent market share.

Some 22 percent of degrading land is in very arid to dry-subhumid areas, while 78 percent of it is in humid regions.

Real-world Examples

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Forty percent say they're breaking even, 9 percent say they're getting ahead.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

For decades they've been hovering around 6 percent.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2019 Collection

The sector represents roughly nine percent of its GDP.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

But turnout was 42 percent of Catalans.

Source: CNN Selected October 2017 Collection

I think we will increase about seven percents.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2015

Little more than a decade later, the share of imports was 25.8 percent.

Source: Past exam papers for English reading comprehension (English II) in the postgraduate entrance examination.

In 2019, the percentage was nine percent.

Source: VOA Special English - Life

The humidity is up around 80 percent.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

It was 3.5 percent the month before.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation November 2019

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