per-centage

A proportional sum by which insurance, brokerage, freight, del credere, &c., are paid.

← pepper-dulse × percer →

Centage
·noun Rate by the hundred; percentage. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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
cent per cent
An usurer. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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