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Definition of Percent

1. Noun. A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).

Definition of Percent

1. Noun. A part or other object per hundred ¹

2. Noun. percentage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Percent

1. one part in a hundred [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Percent

Literary usage of Percent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sales of Sensitive Military Property to the Publicby Gregory D. Kutz by Gregory D. Kutz (2008)
"... All income levels Less than 10 percent 10 to 14 percent 15 to 19 percent 20 to 24 percent 25 to 29 percent 30 to 34 percent 35 to 49 percent 50 percent ..."

2. Population Profile of the U.S., 1997 by Andrea Curry, Karen Mills, Janice Valdisera (2000)
"For young adults 25 to 29 years old, 87.3 percent had completed high school, ... Higher proportions of full-time students (61 percent) The average amount of ..."

3. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"According to these criteria, 44 percent of all TAPS respondents had never tried a cigarette and were not considered susceptible to smoking, ..."

4. Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve: Findings of the National by Martha R. Burt (1999)
"15 percent of these are family households (that is, the clients have one or more ... 34 percent of homeless service users are members of homeless families. ..."

5. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"Although Hispanics comprise about 13.8 percent of the population, they account for 37.6 percent of all dropouts. The status dropout rate among Hispanic ..."

6. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering: An Update (1993)
"Only 9 percent of the women, but 31 percent of the men, had 20 years of experience or ... In 1986, about 5 percent were black, another 5 percent were Asian, ..."

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