per cent
noun/pər ˈsent/
(especially British English) (North American English usually percent)
(symbol %)
(plural per cent, percent)
Слово англійською: per cent
Переклад per cent українською: відсоток
Детальний опис
- one part in every hundred
- per cent of something/somebody Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.
- It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.
- What per cent of the population is/are overweight?
- Sales increased by 5 percent last year.
Grammar Point Expressing percentagesExpressing percentages- Percentages (= numbers of per cent) are written in words as twenty-five per cent and in figures as 25%.
- If a percentage is used with an uncountable or a singular noun, the verb is generally singular:
- 90% of the land is cultivated.
- If the noun is singular but represents a group of people, the verb is singular in North American English but in British English it may be singular or plural:
- Eighty per cent of the work force is/are against the strike.
- If the noun is plural, the verb is plural:
- 65% of children play computer games.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms
give a hundred (and ten) per cent
- to put as much effort into something as you can; to give even more effort than could be expected
- Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight.