cent per cent | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Cent
·noun A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred. II. Cent ·noun An old ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
cent
A copper coin of the United States, whose value is the hundredth part of a dollar.--Webster. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
per
per, prep. with acc. (by solecism with abl. PER QVO, = whereby, Inscr. Miseni Repert. ex a. p. Chr. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
per
per praep.with acc.I 1 PAR-. I I. In space, through, across, through the midst of, from side to s...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Per
·prep Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Per-
·- A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or c...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Per diem
·add. ·- By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
per-centage
A proportional sum by which insurance, brokerage, freight, del credere, &c., are paid. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
sus per coll
Hanged: persons who have been hanged are thus entered into the jailor's books. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose