percent

(UK also per cent)

/pəˈsent/ adverb

Definition

› for or out of every 100, often shown by the symbol %: Shares fell 6 percent after the group warned profits would be lower than expected.

percent adjective › Unions urged workers to reject the 1.5 percent pay offer.

(Definition of percent adverb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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