B1nounmoneyacademic
US/pərˈsent/
UK/pəˈsent/
one part in every hundred; written as %
In context
About forty percent of students in my class live in a dorm.
Prices went up by ten percent in just one year.
I'm a hundred percent sure I locked the door.
Words that go with percent
noun + preposition
- percent ofEighty percent of the money goes to the children.
noun + noun
- percent chanceThere is a fifty percent chance of rain tomorrow.
- a hundred percentI agree with you a hundred percent.
- percent increaseThere was a twenty percent increase in visitors.
- percent discountMembers get a ten percent discount.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
Ten percents of the people agreed.Correct: Ten percent of the people agreed.