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单词 per cent.
释义

per cent.

See also: percent and per cent

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of per centum, which means for every hundred or by the hundred.[1][2][3]

Adverb

per cent.

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of percent

Usage notes

  • Also used during the early part of the twentieth century. Still used occasionally in extremely formal writings.

References

  1. A Shilling Book of Arithmetic for Elementary Schools by J. B. Lock. 1890, p. 158: „Per cent. is an abbreviation for per centum, and means ‘for every hundred.’“
  2. Guy's New British Expositor, or Sequel to His New British Spelling Book. By Joseph Guy. London, 1826, pp. 109 and 111 (books.google): „A Table of Abbreviations, with their Explanations. [...] Per cent. per centum, by the hundred.“
  3. A Dictionary in English, Bangálí, and Manipurí. Calcutta, 1837, p. 340 (books.google): „Abbreviations [...] Per cent. Per centum, or By the hundred.“
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