English

Abbreviation

per cent.

1. (archaic) Alternative form of percent

Usage notes

• Also used during the early part of the twentieth century. Still used occasionally in extremely formal writings.

References

1. ↑ A Shilling Book of Arithmetic for Elementary Schools by J. B. Lock. 1890, p. 158: „Per cent. is an abbreviation for per centum, and means ‘for every hundred.’“
2. ↑ Guy's New British Expositor, or Sequel to His New British Spelling Book. By Joseph Guy. London, 1826, pp. 109 and 111 (books.google): „A Table of Abbreviations, with their Explanations. [...] Per cent. per centum, by the hundred.“
3. ↑ A Dictionary in English, Bangálí, and Manipurí. Calcutta, 1837, p. 340 (books.google): „Abbreviations [...] Per cent. Per centum, or By the hundred.“