Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
percent
Noun
/pərˈsɛnt/
Definition
A percent is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100.
Examples
- The price of this shirt has increased by 20 percent.
- Only 50 percent of the participants completed the survey.
- He scored 85 percent on the exam.
Meaning
It indicates how much of something there is compared to a total of 100. The term comes from the Latin ‘per centum,’ meaning ‘by the hundred.’
Synonyms
- Fraction
- Proportion
- Rate
