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percent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pct, per centum, percentage |
| Type of | proportion |
| Has types | absentee rate, occupancy rate, unemployment rate, vacancy rate |
Examples of percent
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Usually the discount is 100 percent, allowing the paid app to be free for users.
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Beckham said his hand is 100 percent again and he vows to be better this season.
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The federal government will rebate 45 percent of the interest paid on the bonds.
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It showed being outscored 16-14 by Harlem and being held to 33 percent shooting.
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Since then the number of 90 percent-minority schools has jumped almost fivefold.
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About 15 percent of the population of children in our country do have headaches.
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The Tigers forced 24 turnovers and held Central Arkansas to 31 percent shooting.
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In order to be labeled Chianti, a wine must have at least 75 percent Sangiovese.
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St. Mary's held them to 36 percent shooting and won the rebounding battle 33-32.
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- Percentage: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
- In mathematics, a percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100 (per cent meaning "per hundred" in Latin). It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", or the abbreviation "pct". For example, 45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to 45/100, or 0.45.
- A part or other object per hundred; percentage
- A ratio where the second term is 100.
- Ratio of the item's frequency to the number of all records.
- A rate expressed in hundredths between two values with same UoM (a type of numeric)
- One part in a 100. A percentage of a number is found by dividing it by the base figure. If the question is what percentage is 36 to 72, then 72 is the base and the divisor. 36 divided by 72 = 50 or 50%.
- A given part of a whole, meaning that 100% of something is all of it. 50% of something is half of that whole.
- A ratio or fraction in which the second term on denominator is always 100.
