percent

Word family  noun precent percentage adjective percent adverb percent

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++per·cent1 (also per cent British English) /pəˈsent $ pər-/ ●●● W1 AWL adjective, adverb  1  5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc HMequal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts 5%/10%等 a 10% increase in house prices 10%的房价上涨 a company with a 40 percent stake in the project 在那个项目中拥有40%股份的公司2  a/one hundred percent COMPLETELYcompletely 百分之百地，完全地 I agree with you a hundred percent. 我百分之百同意你的看法。

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percent• Our "Gold" credit card only charges 8.5 percent interest.percent2 (also per cent British English) ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun  5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc HMan amount equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts 5%/10%等 The bank charges interest at 14%. 银行收取14%的利息。5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc of Eighty percent of the population voted. 的人口参加了投票。 ► 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.Percent 仅用在数字之后，如要更笼统表示某数量中的一部分，可用 percentage: A high percentage (不说 percent) of the population was illiterate. 绝大部分人口是文盲。

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percent• Exports in the group increased 49. 1 percent from a year ago to $ 485. 92.• The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value.• The incomes thought to be needed exceeded the amounts available under the social security system by 61 percent.• Prepaying an 8 or 9 percent mortgage equals earning a no-risk 8 or 9 percent on your money.• Twenty-five percent rated it as poor and 43 percent as fair.From Longman Business Dictionarypercentper‧cent1 /pəˈsentpər-/ (also per cent British English) adjective, adverb 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to 5,10 etc parts out of every 100 partsa one percent (=1%) cut in interest ratesa 15 percent (=15%) tippercentpercent2 (also per cent British English abbreviation, PC) noun15 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc an amount equal to 5,10 etc parts out of every 100 partsSome of the lenders charge as much as 35 percent.5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc of40 percent of the survey participants expect business to slow down in the next six months.Annual revenue grew by 6percent.2[countable usually singular] another name for PERCENTAGEour marketing spending as a percent of sales

per·cent1 adjectivepercent2 nounChineseSyllable  

total Business of etc a to of Corpus five, equal out parts ten

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per‧cent¹ AC (also per cent British English) /pəˈsent $ pər-/ adjective, adverb1. 5 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 project
2. a/one hundred percent completely:
    I agree with you a hundred percent.

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percent² S3 W2 AC (also per cent British English) noun
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%.
    5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc 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.