percent
/pəˈsent/noun, adjective, adverb
उच्चारण पसेन्ट
प्रतिशत
Core word
noun, adjective, adverb
- 1
one part in every hundred
प्रतिशत
- 90 per cent marks
- Over ninety percent of the seats were filled on the first day.
- Prices went up by two percent last year.
+ 3 more examples
- Nearly eighty percent of the students passed.
- She saved ten percent of her salary each month.
- The bank pays six percent interest.
Synonyms percentage per hundred
¶Idioms 1
give a hundred and ten per cent
to make the greatest possible effort
पूरी जान लगा देना, अपना सौ फ़ीसदी से ज़्यादा देना
- The players gave a hundred and ten per cent in the final.
- Radhika gave a hundred and ten per cent in the last month before the exam.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
percentage per hundred
AaSpelling
Per cent (British, two words) or percent (American); symbol %.
Per cent (British, दो शब्द) या percent (American); चिह्न %।
§Grammar and usage
Use per cent with a number ('20 per cent') and percentage without ('a high percentage'); 'per cent of' + plural noun takes a plural verb ('60 per cent of students are girls').
संख्या के साथ per cent ('20 per cent') और बिना संख्या के percentage ('a high percentage'); 'per cent of' + plural noun plural verb लेता है ('60 per cent of students are girls')।