Webster's English Dictionary

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percent

1. per.cent \p*r-'sent\ av [earlier per cent, fr. per + L centum hundred - 
   more at ]HUNDRED : in the hundred : of each hundred 
2. percent n or percent or percents pl  pl percent  1a: one part in a 
   hundred : HUNDREDTH  1b: PERCENTAGE  pl percents, Brit  2: securities 
   bearing a specified rate of interest 
3. percent aj 1: reckoned on the basis of a whole divided into one hundred 
   parts  2: paying interest at a specified percent