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Definition of: percent
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(pər·sent′) noun
1. Number of parts in or to every hundred, often specified: fifty percent of the people.
2. Amount or quantity commensurate with the number of units in proportion to one hundred: ten percent of fifty is five: (symbol, %).
3. plural Securities bearing a certain percentage of interest. Also per cent., per cent [Short for L per centum by the hundred]
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