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percent noun

: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent


  • Eighty percent of English words come from other languages.
  • Sixty-nine percent of adult Americans are either overweight or obese.
  • I agree one hundred percent.
  • Ninety percent of all drivers think they're above average.
  • Seventy percent of a fried egg is water.
  • Ten is ten percent of one hundred.
  • Prices will rise over 20 percent.
  • I get a three percent commission on anything I sell.
  • I'm not a hundred percent sure.
  • I'm 100 percent sure of that.
  • We are the 99 percent.
  • More than 40 percent of the students go to university.
  • The price of rice rose by three percent.
  • There's a hundred percent chance of rain.
  • His salary was increased by ten percent.
  • My income has decreased ten percent.
  • They gave me a ten percent discount.
  • The amount of carbon dioxide has increased by 10 percent.
  • Apparently there's a cancellation charge of 30 percent.
  • Nearly 80 percent of the land is mountains.
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