percent UK /pəˈsɛnt/US /pɚˈsɛnt/noun 4adverb 1prepositional phrase 1forms 1phrases 2 noun4 •one of 100 parts of the same size that together make up a wholeAnd from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay. — 2008 •A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).only a small percent attain the top ranks •The percent sign, %. •An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend.Why, from the pleasant and businesslike manner in which the transaction is carried out, it might be a large purchase in the three per cents. Yet what a piece of work a man makes of his first "pop." — 1886 adverb1 •For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).10 percent off all swimwear this week! prepositional phrase1 •Per hundred.By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase by 2008? — 2014 formspercents Phrases with percent 51 percentA narrow or bare majority. a hundred and ten percentA level of effort beyond what one can usually sustain; great exertion.
