percent

adverb
/pəˈsɛnt/

For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

Related words

percental
percenter
percentile
tenpercentery
percentage
percentual
percentwise
a hundred and ten percent
a hundred percent
cent percent
give a hundred percent
one hundred percent

Example sentences

“Twenty-five percent of fifty is twelve and a half.”
Tatoeba · deniko · CC0
“And oat production has fallen by almost ninety-five percent.”
Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “percent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.