I. per cent adjective

1. by, in or for every hundred
   • ● a 15 per cent rise in price
   • ● The company announced a 21 per cent increase in profits.
   • ● House prices dropped 8 per cent last year.
   • ● Dairy product prices jumped (= increased by)10.4 per cent in April.
   • ● Shares in the company are up 1.9 percent.
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   Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.

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II. per cent noun

1. 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.
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   Collocations: verb + per cent

   • account for
   • amount to
   • be equal to

   preposition

   • about five, ten, etc. per cent
   • around five, ten, etc. per cent
   • by five, ten, etc. per cent

   phrases

   • a boost of five, ten, etc. per cent
   • an improvement of five, ten, etc. per cent
   • an increase of five, ten, etc. per cent
   Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.

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per cent
noun
VERB + PER CENT account for, amount to, be equal to, constitute, equal, represent Overseas earnings accounted for 9% of the total last year. | contain Roman coins containing about 25% zinc
reach, stand at Their share of the vote reached 6.5% in 1998.
(All the verbs in the following collocate groups may be followed by by, from or to plus per cent. Sometimes the word by is left out.), be/go/shoot up, expand, grow, improve, increase, jump, rise, soar Prices rose by 12% in 1998. Prices rose 12%.
be/go/come down, decline, decrease, depreciate, drop, fall, plummet, plunge, shrink Profitability is down from 16% to 12.2%.
boost sth, increase sth, raise sth hoping to boost sales by 10%.
cut sth, devalue sth, reduce sth, slash sth The currency was devalued 20% overnight.
PREP. by 10, 20, etc. ~ cutting carbon dioxide levels by 20% in 15 years
~ of sth In 40% of all cases, the parents had no idea of their child's problem.
PHRASES about/around/only/over/up to 10, 20, etc. per cent ~ Only 10% of the teenagers agreed with this statement. a process that can reduce the cost by up to 15%
a boost/an improvement/an increase/a jump/a rise of 10, 20, etc. per cent a jump of 8% in cases of the disease
a cut/decline/decrease/drop/fall/reduction of 10, 20, etc. per cent, fewer/less/more than 10, 20, etc. per cent Profits rose by more than 50% last year.
growth of 10, 20, etc. per cent, in the bottom/top 10, 20, etc. per cent His son was in the top 2% of the university's students.
10, 20, etc. per cent less/more New cars will use about 35% less fuel by the year 2001.
10, 20, etc. per cent of all/of a total The tribe's land now amounts to around 50% of the total land area.

NOTE financial indicators

~ be down/up    With the share price down at 234p, it might be time to start buying.    The CAC index was up 18.84 points. ~ reach sth, stand at sth    Consumer confidence reached a 30-year high.    Second quarter sales stood at 18 billion. ~ be/remain unchanged    The 100 Share Index remained unchanged at 5297. ~ gain (sth)    The share gained 19 cents to close at 4.38. ~ suffer (sth)    Profit margins suffered when the company lowered prices to remain competitive. ~ climb, edge up, go up, increase ( ~ increase in value for currencies), jump, rise, rocket, shoot up, skyrocket, soar (+ by, from, to or no preposition)    Earnings per share climbed from 3.5p to 5.1p.    The pound has increased in value relative to the euro.    Profits have shot up by a staggering 25%.    Oil prices have skyrocketed. ~ come/go down, crash, decline, decrease ( ~ decrease in value for currencies), dive, drop, fall, plummet, plunge, shrink, slip, slump (+ by, from, to or no preposition)    Banana exports crashed nearly 50%.    The pound fell to a 14-year low against the dollar.    Net income plummeted to USD 3.7 million.     ⇒ See also the note at CURRENCY

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