percent : Idioms & Phrases


fifty percent

  • noun a half expressed as a percentage
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one percent

  • noun one part in a hundred equal parts
    hundredth; one-hundredth.
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percent sign

  • noun a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100
    percentage sign.
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ten percent

  • noun a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
    tenth part; one-tenth; tenth.
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twenty percent

  • noun one part in five equal parts
    one-fifth; fifth part; fifth.
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twenty-five percent

  • noun one of four equal parts
    fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth; quarter.
    • a quarter of a pound
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