per cent

Definition

noun, adjective, adverb
  • in or for every hundred
    Examples Fifty per cent (50 per cent) of the tests were positive. • Seventy-five per cent (75 per cent) of hospital cases remain in hospital for less than four days.
    Usage there has been a five per cent increase in applications
    the number of applications has gone up by five in every hundred
    Usage new cases have decreased twenty per cent this year
    the number of new cases has gone down by twenty in every hundred
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