Per centum
- Per Per, prep. [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par},
prep.]
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for
each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to
individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of
itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
[1913 Webster]
{Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
{Per cent}, {Per centum}, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent.
{Per diem}, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Look at other dictionaries:
per centum — [sen′təm] adv., adj. now rare var. of PERCENT (adv. adj. ) … English World dictionary
per centum — per cẹn|tum 〈Abk.: p. c.〉 = pro centum … Universal-Lexikon
per centum — per cẹn|tum 〈Abk.: p. c.〉 = pro centum … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
per centum — per cent•um [[t]pər ˈsɛn təm[/t]] n. math. percent 1) • Etymology: 1555–65; < L: lit., by the hundred … From formal English to slang
per centum — noun Etymology: per + Latin centum Date: circa 1565 percent … New Collegiate Dictionary
per centum — /pə ˈsɛntəm/ (say puh sentuhm) adverb → per cent. {Latin} … Australian English dictionary
per centum — noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑percentage, ↑percent, ↑pct • Hypernyms: ↑proportion • Hyponyms: ↑absentee rate … Useful english dictionary
per centum — /peuhr sen teuhm/ percent (def. 1). [1555 65; < L: lit., by the hundred] * * * … Universalium
per centum — see percent … Dictionary of units of measurement
per centum — By the hundred … Ballentine's law dictionary
