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Definition of Per centum

Per centum
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.

Meaning of Per centum from wikipedia

- In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a hundred') is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the...
- Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act (ch. 8, 42 Stat. 5 of May 19, 1921), was...
- current of air containing not less than 19.5 volume per centum of oxygen, not more than 0.5 volume per centum of carbon dioxide". Inert gas asphyxiation Controlled...
- Centum Investment Company Plc, commonly known as Centum is a public East African investment company. It operates as an affiliate of the Kenyan government-owned...
- SI prefix for a hundred is "hecto-". 100 is the basis of percentages (per centum meaning "by the hundred" in Latin), with 100% being a full amount. 100...
- manufactures of gl**** (black quart bottles excepted) twelve and a half per centum ad valorem; marble, slate, and other stones, bricks, tiles, tables, mortars...
- twelve per centum of the total number of registered voters, of which every legislative district must be represented by at least three per centum of the...
- + .... Another kind of fraction is the percentage (from Latin: per centum, meaning "per hundred", represented by the symbol %), in which the implied denominator...
- common usage in commerce and industry in the United States: CCF or HCF: Centum (Latin hundred) cubic feet; i.e., 100 ft3 Used in the billing of natural...
- 158(a)(1) (2009) ("The Secretary [of Transportation] shall withhold 10 per centum of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under [23 U.S.C...