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per cent adjective, adverb OPAL WOPAL S /pə ˈsent/ /pər ˈsent/ (especially British English) (North American English usually percent) (symbol %) Idioms jump to other results - by, in or for every hundred
- a 15 per cent rise in price
- The company announced a 21 per cent increase in profits.
- House prices dropped 8 per cent last year.
- Dairy product prices jumped (= increased by)10.4 per cent in April.
- Shares in the company are up 1.9 percent.
Topics Moneya2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms - in every way synonym completely
- I'm not a hundred per cent sure.
- My family supports me one hundred per cent.
- completely fit and healthy
- I still don't feel a hundred per cent.
Topics Health and Fitnessc2
per cent noun OPAL WOPAL S /pə ˈsent/ /pər ˈsent/ (especially British English) (North American English usually percent) (symbol %) (plural per cent, percent) Idioms jump to other results - one part in every hundred
- per cent of something/somebody Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.
- It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.
- What per cent of the population is/are overweight?
- Sales increased by 5 percent last year.
Grammar Point expressing percentagesexpressing percentages- Percentages (= numbers of per cent) are written in words as twenty-five per cent and in figures as 25%.
- If a percentage is used with an uncountable or a singular noun the verb is generally singular:
- 90% of the land is cultivated.
- If the noun is singular but represents a group of people, the verb is singular in North American English but in British English it may be singular or plural:
- Eighty per cent of the work force is/are against the strike.
- If the noun is plural, the verb is plural:
- 65% of children play computer games.
Topics Moneya2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + per cent- account for
- amount to
- be equal to
- …
preposition- about five, ten, etc. per cent
- around five, ten, etc. per cent
- by five, ten, etc. per cent
- …
phrases- a boost of five, ten, etc. per cent
- an improvement of five, ten, etc. per cent
- an increase of five, ten, etc. per cent
- …
See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms give a hundred (and ten) per cent - to put as much effort into something as you can; to give even more effort than could be expected
- Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight.
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