Definition of One percent

1. Noun. One part in a hundred equal parts.

Exact synonyms: Hundredth, One-hundredth
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction

Lexicographical Neighbors of One Percent

one man and a dog
one million
one million million
one million million million
one moment, please
one more time for the sweet souvenir
one o'clock
one of a kind
one of a kinds
one of his majesty's bad bargains
one of the boys
one of these days
one of those days
one one's coattails
one percent (current term)
one short
one shot
one should be so lucky
one side
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
one step ahead
one step at a time
one step forward, two steps back
one strike and you're out
one swallow does not a spring make
one swallow does not a summer make
one swallow does not make a spring
one swallow does not make a summer
one swallow doesn't a spring make

Literary usage of One percent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"Two words misspelled in 1500 would give a misspelling of approximately one- tenth of one percent or a standard of excellence of ..."

2. Welfare: The Political Economy of Welfare Reform in the United States by Martin Anderson (1978)
"Only one-half of one percent had marginal tax rates that exceeded 50 percent. ... However, less than one- tenth of one percent of all taxpayers paid the ..."

3. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"'Roughly one percent (or about half) of this group reported being unable ... The English speaking one percent.. .responded to a set of oral-language tasks. ..."

4. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"Guaranteed under the National Pure Food and Drugs Act. Containing one-sixteenth of one percent benzoate of soda, sweetened with cane sugar and pure ..."

5. Education Indicators: An International Perspective by Nancy Matheson, Laura H. Salganik, Richard P. Phelps, Marianne Perie (1997)
"one percent or less of the total is not classified by level. Missing data were proportionally redistributed. Norway one percent or less of the total is not ..."

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