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per centum

per centum noun: percent.

Noun

per centum

  1. (archaic) Percent.
    • On all dividends which do not exceed six per centum per annum, eight per centum; on dividends exceeding six per centum and not exceeding seven per centum, a tax of nine per centum...1861, Laws of Pennsylvania of the Session of 1861, page 511
    • Firearms, twenty-five per centum1891–1892, Special Consular Reports, Volume VII, page 787

Origin of per centum

Latin per + centum

Questions about per centum

What does per centum mean?
Per centum means percent.
What part of speech is per centum?
Per centum is a noun.

Words near per centum in the dictionary

  1. per bend
  2. per bend sinister
  3. per capita
  4. per cent
  5. per cent.
  6. per centum
  7. per chevron
  8. per chief
  9. per contra
  10. per curiam
  11. per diem

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