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.