Percent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par},
     prep.]
     Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for
     each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to
     individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of
     itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
        
  
     {per cent}, {Per centum}, {percent}, by the hundred; in the
        hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; -- used
        esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of
        interest, and the like; most commonly used in the
        shortened form per cent; as, 5 is ten per cent of 50. It
        is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, "%".
  
     {Per diem}, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin,
        see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in
        the Supplement.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  percent \per*cent"\ (p[~e]r*s[e^]nt"), n.
     A proportion multiplied by 100; as, he receives a percent of
     the proceeds; 3 is 75 percent of 4. Often symbolized by the
     character "%"; as, at 6% interest.
  
     Syn: percentage, per cent, pct.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  percent
       n : a proportion multiplied by 100 [syn: {percentage}, {per
           centum}, {pct}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  percent
       
          %
       
          Common: {ITU-T}: percent sign; mod; grapes.  {INTERCAL}:
          double-oh-seven.
       
          (1995-03-06)