OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1493

percent

/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
por ciento
One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.
And from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay.