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per cent

/ pə ˈsɛnt /

adverb

  1. Alsoper centum in or for every hundred %
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a percentage or proportion
  2. often plural securities yielding a rate of interest as specified

    he bought three percents

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of per cent1

C16: from Medieval Latin per centum out of every hundred
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He said that "60 per cent" of core funding must be spent on "actual change on the ground".

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"Seventy per cent of the world's cocaine exits via Ecuador. We need the help of international forces."

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One per cent of ticket sales go to the local community, in perpetuity, and is spent on the open realm and given to local community groups and projects.

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These figures, which cover the end of the Conservative government and the start of Labour, show the number of cases awaiting an initial decision fell by five per cent last year - with 90,686 cases, relating to 124,802 people, pending a decision as of the end of 2024.

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On page 125, it says: "Labour is committed to restoring development spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of gross national income as soon as fiscal circumstances allow."

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