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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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One part in a hundred.  3, record 1, English, - percent

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Symbol: %.  3, record 1, English, - percent

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... they are laboring with tenths of a percent ...  3, record 1, English, - percent

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... provided forty percent of Europe's requirements.  3, record 1, English, - percent

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... more than fifty per cent of all English words end in E, S, D or T.  4, record 1, English, - percent

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plural: percent or percents.  3, record 1, English, - percent

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percent: Also used as an adjective, meaning "reckoned on the basis of a whole divided into one hundred parts", as in "a five percent increase", "a 3½ percent government bond."  5, record 1, English, - percent

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percent, per cent, per-cent, percentage: The spellings per cent and percent are correct, though the one-word spelling is more common. As a general rule, both the number and percent are written out in full (e.g., eight percent) or the numeral is followed by the symbol (e.g., 8%). Note that there is no space between the numeral and the symbol. As a modifier, percent may be hyphenated or not with the preceding word (e.g., a ten-percent or ten-per-cent or ten percent increase). If no figure is mentioned, use percentage not percent. The nouns percent and percentage take either a singular or plural verb, depending on the subject phrase (e.g., forty percent of Canadian adults). [See the following examples]  6, record 1, English, - percent

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Only eight percent (or eight per cent) of Canada's forests are protected from exploitation.  6, record 1, English, - percent

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The newscaster announced a 2% increase in mortgage rates.  6, record 1, English, - percent

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To rid your home of ants, wipe a five-per-cent (or five percent) acid solution around the doors and windows.  6, record 1, English, - percent

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The results are accurate within a three-per-cent (or three-percent, three percent) margin of error.  6, record 1, English, - percent

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[Singular verb:] 5.2% is [the] new unemployment rate goal. Twenty-eight percent of the staff votes to buy a microwave.  6, record 1, English, - percent

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[Plural verb:] Forty percent of Canadian adults have difficulty reading.  6, record 1, English, - percent

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Unité exprimant un pourcentage.  4, record 1, French, - pour%20cent

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Symbole : %.  3, record 1, French, - pour%20cent

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Les vingt-deux pour cent des enfants sont inscrits au cours de natation.  2, record 1, French, - pour%20cent

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Vingt pour cent de la classe est d'accord et se montre enchantée de la décision.  2, record 1, French, - pour%20cent

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Le nombre d'élèves a augmenté de 25 %.  2, record 1, French, - pour%20cent

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Le pourcentage est représenté le plus souvent par un p. précédé d'un espace et suivi d'un espace et du chiffre cent (30 p. 100) ou par le signe % précédé d'un espace (30 % et non 30%). À noter que ce dernier emploi (30 %), obligatoire en finances, en statistique et dans les tableaux, tend à devenir le plus courant. L'expression s'écrit en toutes lettres lorsqu'elle a le sens de «entièrement», «pur», ou quand elle commence une phrase : «Un produit cent pour cent canadien.» «Dix pour cent de ses tomates ont été détruites par le gel, et 10 % n'ont jamais mûri.» Dans les textes de style soigné, on peut écrire : trente pour cent; 30 pour 100; 30 p. 100. Les formules mixtes (30 pour cent), critiquées, se rencontrent parfois. Par ailleurs, il ne faut jamais écrire «pourcent» en un seul mot.  3, record 1, French, - pour%20cent

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish