Percent

/pəsˈɛnt/

/pɝˈsɛnt/

Percent

in or for every 100 hundred, shown by the symbol (%)

synonyms : pct

Examples

1. The store is offering a discount of eighty percent off.

2. The budget can be balanced by raising income taxes by 2 percent.

3. But hiring remains touch and go, and the unemployment rate notched up 0.1 percent to 5.9 percent.

4. But hiring remains touch and go, and the unemployment rate notched up 0.1 percent to 5.9 percent.