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percent
noun
one
part
of
every
hundred
•
Only
five
percent
of
the
village
homes
have
clean
drinking
water
.
Only
five
percent
of
the
village
homes
have
clean
drinking
water
.
•
The
survey
showed
that
sixty
percent
of
students
prefer
online
classes
.
The
survey
showed
that
sixty
percent
of
students
prefer
online
classes
.
per cent
noun
one
part
of
every
hundred
•
About
thirty
per
cent
of
the
land
is
covered
by
forest
.
About
thirty
per cent
of
the
land
is
covered
by
forest
.
•
Only
two
per
cent
of
the
applicants
were
accepted
.
Only
two
per cent
of
the
applicants
were
accepted
.
innocent
noun
a
person
who
has
done
nothing
wrong
or
who
is
naive
and
unsuspecting
•
War
often
harms
the
innocent
more
than
the
guilty
.
War
often
harms
the
innocent
more
than
the
guilty
.
•
The
story
follows
an
innocent
who
wanders
into
a
corrupt
city
.
The
story
follows
an
innocent
who
wanders
into
a
corrupt
city
.
cent
noun
a
small
unit
of
money
equal
to
one-hundredth
of
a
basic
unit
such
as
a
dollar
,
euro
,
or
rand
•
I
found
a
shiny
cent
on
the
sidewalk
.
I
found
a
shiny
cent
on
the
sidewalk
.
•
The
drink
costs
ninety-nine
cents
,
so
I
didn
’
t
need
to
break
a
larger
bill
.
The
drink
costs
ninety-nine
cents
,
so
I
didn
’
t
need
to
break
a
larger
bill
.
From
French
cent
,
from
Latin
centum
“
hundred
,”
referring
to
one-hundredth
part
of
a
currency
unit
.
noun
a
unit
for
measuring
very
small
pitch
differences
in
music
,
equal
to
one-hundredth
of
a
semitone
•
The
singer
was
only
twenty
cents
flat
,
but
the
microphone
picked
it
up
.
The
singer
was
only
twenty
cents
flat
,
but
the
microphone
picked
it
up
.
•
Equal
temperament
divides
an
octave
into
twelve
semitones
of
100
cents
each
.
Equal
temperament
divides
an
octave
into
twelve
semitones
of
100
cents
each
.
Adopted
in
the
late
19th
century
by
music
theorist
Alexander
J
.
Ellis
,
who
borrowed
the
currency
term
"
cent
"
to
describe
one-hundredth
of
a
semitone
.