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Word family noun precent percentage adjective percent adverb percent
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpercentper‧cent1 (also per cent British English) /pəˈsent $ pər-/ ●●● W1 AWL adjective, adverb 1 → 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc2 → a/one hundred percent
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percent• Our "Gold" credit card only charges 8.5 percent interest.
percentpercent2 (also per cent British English) ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun → 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc
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percent• Exports in the group increased 49. 1 percent from a year ago to $ 485. 92.• The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value.• The incomes thought to be needed exceeded the amounts available under the social security system by 61 percent.• Prepaying an 8 or 9 percent mortgage equals earning a no-risk 8 or 9 percent on your money.• Twenty-five percent rated it as poor and 43 percent as fair.
From Longman Business Dictionarypercentper‧cent1 /pəˈsentpər-/ (also per cent British English) adjective, adverb 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to 5,10 etc parts out of every 100 partsa one percent (=1%) cut in interest ratesa 15 percent (=15%) tippercentpercent2 (also per cent British English abbreviation, PC) noun15 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc an amount equal to 5,10 etc parts out of every 100 partsSome of the lenders charge as much as 35 percent.5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc of40 percent of the survey participants expect business to slow down in the next six months.Annual revenue grew by 6percent.2[countable usually singular] another name for PERCENTAGEour marketing spending as a percent of sales
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