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CENT [5 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2013-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

A special unit of reactivity equal to a hundredth part of a dollar.

OBS

cent: term and definition standardized by ISO in 1997.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

Unité spéciale de réactivité, égale à 1/100e de dollar.

OBS

cent : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 1997.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

One part in a hundred.

OBS

Symbol: %.

CONT

... they are laboring with tenths of a percent ...

CONT

... provided forty percent of Europe's requirements.

CONT

... more than fifty per cent of all English words end in E, S, D or T.

OBS

plural: percent or percents.

OBS

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."

OBS

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]

CONT

Only eight percent (or eight per cent) of Canada's forests are protected from exploitation.

CONT

The newscaster announced a 2% increase in mortgage rates.

CONT

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

CONT

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

CONT

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

CONT

[Plural verb:] Forty percent of Canadian adults have difficulty reading.

Key term(s)
  • per-cent
  • percents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Unité exprimant un pourcentage.

OBS

Symbole : %.

CONT

Les vingt-deux pour cent des enfants sont inscrits au cours de natation.

CONT

Vingt pour cent de la classe est d'accord et se montre enchantée de la décision.

CONT

Le nombre d'élèves a augmenté de 25 %.

OBS

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.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

The common reference to the one-cent coin of Canada or the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Désignations courantes de la pièce canadienne valant un cent.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

The fractional unit in Canadian currency; one hundred (100) cents equal one dollar, or one cent is one one-hundredth of the Canadian dollar, the basic monetary unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Unité divisionnaire du système monétaire au Canada; cent (100) cents équivalent à un dollar, ou un cent est la centième partie du dollar canadien, l'unité monétaire de base.

OBS

En termes monétaires et dans le langage des affaires et des échanges commerciaux internationaux, «cent» est masculin.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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