percent
Translation
percent, per cent
Examples
Ten percent of the students are absent.
Ten percent of the students are absent.
The interest rate is five percent.
The interest rate is five percent.
Grammar Patterns
((number)) percent of ((sth.)) a part of a whole expressed in hundredths Ten percent of the students are absent.
Similar Words
Synonyms: portion, part
Etymology
From Latin 'per centum', meaning 'by the hundred'. 'Per' means 'by' and 'centum' means 'hundred'.
Memory Tips
Think of the symbol '%'. The two circles can represent the two zeros in 100.