Antonyms for percent
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-sent |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɛnt |
Definition of percent
Origin :- 1560s, per cent, from Modern Latin per centum "by the hundred" (see per and hundred). Until early 20c. often treated as an abbreviation and punctuated accordingly.
- As in percentage : noun portion, allotment
- Most experts agree that about 90 percent of the population can be hypnotized.
- Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
- My own feeling is that probably 99 percent can be hypnotized.
- Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
- You've told me yourself that Mars has only 73 percent of the earth's density.
- Extract from : « Valley of Dreams » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- Windage in the English gun of 1750 was about 20 percent greater than in French pieces.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- At least 14 percent of your income now should be set aside for these purposes.
- Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
- This figure was later reduced to 18 percent and finally in 1958 to 12 percent.
- Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
- In less than two months the Steward's Branch was 20 percent white.
- Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
- Nova-Maurania was nearly 40 percent uranium, and who could resist that?
- Extract from : « Dead World » by Jack Douglas
- About 40 percent of these are between the ages of 12 and 18.
- Extract from : « The Flag of My Country. Shikyah Bidah Na'at'a' » by Cecil S. King
- After May 1865, the 25 percent tax was imposed only upon the produce of slave labor.
- Extract from : « The Sequel of Appomattox » by Walter Lynwood Fleming
Synonyms for percent
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