Percent
[pə'sent] or [pɚ'sɛnt]
Examples
- I hurried to the treasurer's office and deposited my ten percent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the different colonies, both the legal and the market rate of interest run from six to eight percent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have tried to get this statement off at par here, but with no success; so I have been obliged to negotiate it at fifty percent discount. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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