percent
per‧cent1 AC 
(also per cent British English) /pəˈsent $ pər-/ adjective, adverb1. 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts:
a 10% increase in house prices
a company with a 40 percent stake in the project
2. a/one hundred percent completely:
I agree with you a hundred percent.
percent2 S3 W2 AC (also per cent British English) noun
5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc an amount equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts:
The bank charges interest at 14%.
5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc of
Eighty percent of the population voted.
► Percent is only used after a number. If you are referring more generally to part of an amount, use percentage: A high percentage (NOT percent) of the population was illiterate.
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(also per cent British English) /pəˈsent $ pər-/ adjective, adverb1. 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts: 2. a/one hundred percent completely:
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(also per cent British English) noun5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc an amount equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts:
5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc of
► Percent is only used after a number. If you are referring more generally to part of an amount, use percentage: A high percentage (NOT percent) of the population was illiterate.