percent

[pərˈsɛnt]

Definition:
1. A proportion multiplied by 100.

Use 'percent' in a sentence:

1. Under the new rules, some factories will cut emissions by as much as 90 percent.
2. The contract would give unionized workers a 12 percent pay raise over three years.
3. Only 8 percent of the area is forested.
4. Pay increases have sunk to around seven percent.
5. Are you a hundred percent sure it's your neighbour?
6. A 10 to 15 percent deviation is considered acceptable.
7. The eleven percent loan has no up-front costs.
8. Preliminary results show the Republican party with 11 percent of the vote.
9. Sixty percent of people answered negatively.
10. Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.
11. 95 percent of these diets do not work.
12. Prices have gone up 61 percent since deregulation.
13. From 1977 to 1985 the United States gross national product grew 21 percent.
14. Some 20 percent of grades are awarded for coursework.
15. He needs 51 percent to be reelected.
16. Sales have fallen by more than 75 percent in recent years.
17. Today's figures show inflation running at 10.9 percent.
18. Shares in the company bounded ahead by almost 3 percent.
19. 60 percent of dogs and ten percent of cats have pedigrees.
20. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 percent last month.
21. Fifty-two percent were unsure about the idea.
22. The amount of the Page File instance in use in percent.
23. Can you get the percent to stay in the same place?
24. India has devalued the rupee by about eleven percent.
25. Only about five percent of mammals are monogamous.
26. Inflation will be down to three percent.
27. Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
28. The remaining 30 percent of each army will be placed under UN control.
29. The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent.
30. 57 percent complained of work overload.
31. 71 percent of the entire budget went towards the military.
32. Germany's rate has also risen sharply, up from 3 percent to 4.5 percent.
33. About thirty percent of the country's children were malnourished.
34. About 80 percent of Hispanics here are U.S. citizens.
35. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 percent.
36. Fifty percent of road accidents result in head injuries.
37. Defence soaks up 40 percent of the budget.
38. Retail sales grew just 3.8 percent last year.
39. Violent crime has increased by 10 percent since last year.
40. Crime has gone down 70 percent.
41. 75 percent of chief executives come from inside the company.
42. The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent.
43. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 percent.
44. Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture.
45. Doctors were disturbed that less than 30 percent of the patients were women.
46. 9 percent interest less 7 percent inflation equals 2 percent.
47. Company car drivers will pay between ten and twenty five percent, less tax.
48. Drug stores upped sales by 63 percent.
49. All full-time staff get a 20 percent discount.
50. Today African-Americans are 12 percent of the population.
51. Sixty percent of the population is nonwhite.
52. The new tax has sliced annual bonuses by 30 percent.
53. The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.
54. The inflation rate now stands at 3.6 percent.
55. Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.
56. Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent.
57. Growth will accelerate to 2.9 percent next year.
58. 65 percent of the 1987 budget went for nuclear weapons research and production.
59. Almost 80 percent of the state's residents were born elsewhere.