5 Percent (5%)/10 Percent (10%) Etc - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etcHMequal 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 → percent5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etc5 percent (5%)/10 percent (10%) etcHMan 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. → percent Exercises Exercises

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