percents
Parts per hundred
Percents are parts per hundred, used to express proportions, rates, or changes: Interest rates rose two percents this year.
The word is simply the plural of percent, appearing when multiple percentage values are discussed: The test scores ranged across several percents.
In most contexts, percent remains unchanged in the plural, making percents relatively uncommon.
Part divided by whole
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- decimalTenths-based notation
- numericalRelating to figures
calculation · arithmetic · coefficient · divisor · dividend · equation · variable · formula
Exchange for payment
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- markdownReduction in retail price
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- bargainFavorable purchase price
deal · rebate · promotion · special · half-price · coupon · reduced · wholesale
Yearly borrowing cost
- compoundCombined into one
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
mortgage · savings · credit · finance · investment · principal · accrual · amortization
Quantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- distributionAllocation across recipients
sampling · margin · error · confidence · polling · survey · demographics · data
Making something smaller
- declineDecrease or refuse
- dropFall or release
- lossBeing without something
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
cutback · markdown · discount · shrinkage · dip · downturn · slump · contraction
fraction
Part divided by whole
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- decimalTenths-based notation
numerical · calculation · arithmetic · coefficient · divisor · dividend · equation · variable · formula · computation
sale
Exchange for payment
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- markdownReduction in retail price
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
bargain · deal · rebate · promotion · special · half-price · coupon · reduced · wholesale · slashed
APR
Yearly borrowing cost
loan · mortgage · savings · credit · finance · investment · principal · accrual · amortization · earnings
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
distribution · sampling · margin · error · confidence · polling · survey · demographics · data · average
reduction
Making something smaller
decrease · cutback · markdown · discount · shrinkage · dip · downturn · slump · contraction · depreciation
share
Portion given out
portion · allocation · proportion · quota · allotment · split · part · cut · ration · distribution
growth
Increase in size
spike · uptick · gain · hike · escalation · inflation · boost · upturn · appreciation · expansion
percentsdecimals
Numbers between whole values
whole numbers · fractions · integers · ratios · raw numbers
- 100 percentComplete fullness, no remainder
- one hundred percentThe whole amount
- percent offProportional price reduction
- a hundred percentTotal completeness or certainty
- fifty percentHalf of something
- ten percentOne in ten