Definition of Twenty-five percent

1. Noun. One of four equal parts. "A quarter of a pound"

Exact synonyms: Fourth, Fourth Part, One-fourth, One-quarter, Quarter, Quartern
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction
Derivative terms: Quarter, Quarter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-five Percent

twentieths
twenty
twenty-eight
twenty-eighth
twenty-eighths
twenty-fifth
twenty-fifths
twenty-first
twenty-firsts
twenty-five
twenty-five-eight
twenty-five-thousander
twenty-five-thousanders
twenty-five/eight
twenty-five past
twenty-five percent (current term)
twenty-five to
twenty-four
twenty-four hours
twenty-four seven
twenty-fourmo
twenty-fourth
twenty-fourths
twenty-minute egg
twenty-nail dystrophy
twenty-nine
twenty-ninth
twenty-ninths
twenty-one
twenty-one hundred

Literary usage of Twenty-five percent

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

1. History and Analysis of the Commission and City-manager Plans of Municipal by Tso-Shuen Chang (1918)
"The initiative is made available at a special election on petition of twenty-five percent of the voters, and at a general election on a ten percent petition ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1868)
"... twenty five percent, may be constituted as follows: one-half the reserve of twenty-five per cent, may be in actual cash balances due from any National ..."

3. Rural School Survey of New York State: Educational Achievement by Melvin Everett Haggerty (1922)
"The twenty- five percent scoring lowest in the combined tests have an ... The highest twenty-five percent in the combined tests score 49 points in each of ..."

4. Proceedings of the Natural Gas Association of America by Natural Gas Association of America, Meeting (1921)
"JOHNSON : One reason for not taking a flat twenty- five percent of your capacity to get that yield is there is so much more gas the first year, and assuming ..."

5. Department Reports of the State of Ohio: Containing the Decisions, Opinions (1919)
"However, the trustees of Jackson and Pleasant townships refuse to pay the three-fifths of the twenty-five percent provided for in Section 1208 General Code ..."

6. The Dominion Annual Register and Review edited by Henry James Morgan (1880)
"Car-wheels and axles, twenty-five percent, ad valorem 25 p. ct. Boiled beams, channels and angle and T iron, fifteen per cent, ad valorem 15 p. ct. ..."

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