Per-cent Definition

Per-cent Sentence Examples

• The stock of the Electric and International Company, the return on which had reached 10 per cent.

• In 1869 Mr Scudamore estimated the operating expenses at 51 to 56 per cent.

• In 1870-1 they were 57 per cent.

• The interspace is filled with a very small quantity of nickel and silver filings, about 95 per cent.

• The licences were for 31 years, expiring in 1922, without any provision for purchase or compensation, and were subject to the payment of a minimum royalty to the Post Office of 10 per cent.