percent
/pərˈsɛnt/
noun
- One part in a hundred; a proportion or rate out of 100.
- The store is offering a 20 percent discount on all shoes.
- About 75 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
- Only 10 percent of the students failed the test.
Synonyms
adjective
- Amounting to a specified number in every hundred.
- We need a one hundred percent effort from everyone.
- She received a five percent raise at work.
- The interest rate is three percent per year.
adverb
- In every hundred; by the hundred.
- Sales increased by fifteen percent this quarter.
- The population grew by two percent last year.
- The recipe calls for a reduction of ten percent in sugar.