per cent

per cent
1.
(Brit.; Amer.: percent) adverb

ninety per cent effective — zu 90 Prozent wirksam; see also academic.ru/36054/hundred">hundred 1. 3)

2. adjective

a 5 per cent increase — ein Zuwachs von 5 Prozent; ein fünfprozentiger Zuwachs

3. noun
1) see percentage
2) (hundredth) Prozent, das
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[pə'sent]
adverb (, noun (often written % with figures) (of numbers, amounts etc) stated as a fraction of one hundred: Twenty-five per cent of one hundred and twenty is thirty; 25% of the people did not reply to our letters.) das Prozent
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per cent
[pəˈsent]
AM per·cent
[AM pɚ-]
I. n Prozent nt
what \per cent ...? wie viel Prozent ...?
II. adv inv -prozentig, prozentual
I'm 100 \per cent sure that ... ich bin mir hundertprozentig sicher, dass ...
III. adj attr, inv
25/50 \per cent 25-/50-prozentig
\per cent increase prozentualer Anstieg
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(US) [pə'sent]
n
Prozent nt

per cent sign (Typ) — Prozentzeichen nt

what per cent? — wie viel Prozent?

20 per cent — 20 Prozent

a 10 per cent discount — 10 Prozent Rabatt

a ten per cent increase — eine zehnprozentige Steigerung

to increase sth by 10 per cent — etw um 10 Prozent erhöhen

to give 100 per cent — 100 Prozent geben

I'm 99 per cent certain that ... — ich bin (zu) 99 Prozent sicher, dass ...

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percent, Br per cent [pə(r)ˈsent]
A adj & adv …prozentig:
a four percent share;
a hundred percent hundertprozentig (a. umg völlig etc)
B s
1. Prozent n (%):
percent by volume Volumen-, Raumprozent
2. pl WIRTSCH Wertpapiere pl mit feststehendem Zinssatz:
three percents dreiprozentige Wertpapiere
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1.
(Brit.; Amer.: percent) adverb

ninety per cent effective — zu 90 Prozent wirksam; see also hundred 1. 3)

2. adjective

a 5 per cent increase — ein Zuwachs von 5 Prozent; ein fünfprozentiger Zuwachs

3. noun
1) see percentage
2) (hundredth) Prozent, das
* * *
n.
Prozent -e n.

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