per cent.

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See also: percent and per cent

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abbreviation of per centum, which means for every hundred or by the hundred.[1][2][3]

Adverb[edit]

per cent.

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of percent

Usage notes[edit]

  • Also used during the early part of the twentieth century. Still used occasionally in extremely formal writings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ A Shilling Book of Arithmetic for Elementary Schools by J. B. Lock. 1890, p. 158: „Per cent. is an abbreviation for per centum, and means ‘for every hundred.’“
  2. ^ Guy's New British Expositor, or Sequel to His New British Spelling Book. By Joseph Guy. London, 1826, pp. 109 and 111 (books.google): „A Table of Abbreviations, with their Explanations. [...] Per cent. per centum, by the hundred.“
  3. ^ A Dictionary in English, Bangálí, and Manipurí. Calcutta, 1837, p. 340 (books.google): „Abbreviations [...] Per cent. Per centum, or By the hundred.“

Anagrams[edit]

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