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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  per centum
       n : a proportion multiplied by 100 [syn: percentage, percent,
            pct]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  per centum
     n.
     (lb en law US dated) percent

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  per centum
     n.
     (lb en law US dated) percent

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  per centum
     n.
     (lb en law US dated) percent

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  per centum
     n.
     (lb en law US dated) percent

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 百分比

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