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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
per cent /pəˈsent/ (also US percent)

▶adverb by a specified amount in or for every hundred. ▶noun one part in every hundred.

■ the rate, number, or amount in each hundred.

– origin C16: from per + cent.

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