percentper‧cent1 (also per cent British English) /pəˈsent $ pər-/ ●●●W1AWL adjective, adverb
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15 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts: a 10% increase in house prices a company with a 40 percent stake in the project2a/one hundred percent completely: I agree with you a hundred percent.
percent1 adjective, adverb
percent2 noun
percentpercent2 (also per cent British English) ●●●S3W2AWL noun
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5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc an amount equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts: The bank charges interest at 14%.percent of Eighty percent of the population voted. ► Percent is only used after a number. If you are referring more generally to part of an amount, use percentage: A high percentage (NOT percent) of the population was illiterate.
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