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per centum
(encz) | per centum, n: |
Per centum
(gcide) | Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par,
prep.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
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per centum
(wn) | per centum
n 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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