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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Per \Per\, preposition [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par}, preposition ] Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
{Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
{per cent}, {Per centum}, {percent}, by the hundred; in the hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; most commonly used in the shortened form per cent; as, 5 is ten per cent of 50. It is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, "%".
{Per diem}, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
percent \per*cent"\ (p[~e]r*s[e^]nt"), noun A proportion multiplied by 100; as, he receives a percent of the proceeds; 3 is 75 percent of 4. Often symbolized by the character "%"; as, at 6% interest.
Syn: percentage, per cent, pct. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) [syn: {percentage}, {percent}, {per centum}, {pct}]
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