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percent

per·cent [or] per cent

percent [or] per cent

 
pronunciation:
pr sent
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part of speech: noun
definition: one part or unit of each hundred.
Ten percent of one hundred is ten.Only eighty percent of the tickets were sold.
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  • percentage:
    an amount expressed as a fraction of one hundred.
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