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percent
What does percent mean?
percent (noun): a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce percent?
/pɚˈsɛnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does percent come from?
From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution
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the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
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the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
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a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
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