percent

▪ I. percent per‧cent ¹ [pəˈsent ǁ pər-] also per cent adjective, adverb

5 percent (5%)/​10 percent (10%) etc equal to 5, 10 etc parts out of every 100 parts:

• a one percent (= 1% ) cut in interest rates

• a 15 percent (= 15% ) tip

  [m0] ▪ II. percent percent ² also per cent abbreviation PC noun

1. 5 percent (5%)/​10 percent (10%) etc an amount equal to 5, 10 etc parts out of every 100 parts:

• Some of the lenders charge as much as 35 percent.

5 percent (5%)/​10 percent (10%) etc of

• 40 percent of the survey participants expect business to slow down in the next six months.

• Annual revenue grew by 6 percent.

2. [countable usually singular] another name for percentage:

• our marketing spending as a percent of sales

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percent UK US /pəˈsent/ noun [S] MEASURES

► one part of every 100, or the specified amount of something divided by 100: »

Business customers account for about 70 percent of the computing company's revenue.

by 3/50/100, etc. percent »

The bank needed to reduce its workforce by 20 percent.

► PERCENTAGE(Cf. ↑percentage): as a percent of sth »

Operating income as a percent of sales increased slightly from the previous year.

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percent UK US (UK also per cent) /pəˈsent/ adverb

► for or out of every 100, often shown by the symbol %: »

Shares fell 6 percent after the group warned profits would be lower than expected.

percent adjective

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Unions urged workers to reject the 1.5 percent pay offer.