Percent (Noun)
Meaning
A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The company's profits increased by 25 percent last year due to the successful launch of their new product.
- Only 10 percent of the students in the class scored above 90 on the math test.
- The new policy aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent over the next decade.
- A significant 30 percent of the population in the city lives below the poverty line.
- The survey found that 75 percent of respondents preferred the new design over the old one.