percent
adjective
1. Expressed in percents; usually together with a number.
- I got a ten percent raise!
- The whisky usually contains over fifty percent alcohol by volume in the maturing casks, while the commercial brands are diluted to 40 to 45 percent.
noun
1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
Similar word(s): percentage
Definition categories: link, proportion
Sentences with percent as a noun:
- A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.