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percent Synonyms

Another word for percent

Choosing another word for percent depends on context, so the synonyms and similar words below are separated across 3 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

One part in every hundred, or a specified number of parts out of a hundred (used following a number to express a proportion or rate).

Usage Example

"Roughly seventy per centum of the Earth's surface is covered by water."

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per centum
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percentage
hundredth

• adverb (Context 2)

By a specified amount or rate in or for every hundred.

Usage Example

"Enrollment at the community college increased ten per centum over the past academic year."

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• adjective (Context 3)

Reckoned on the basis of a whole divided into one hundred parts; designating a specified rate or proportion per hundred.

Usage Example

"The municipal government issued a series of four-per centum bonds to fund the infrastructure project."

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