percenter

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UK/pəˈsɛn.tə/Canada, US/pɚˈsɛn.tɚ/Australia/pəˈsen.tə/

noun

A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population.

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Meanings

nounpercenter (plural percenters)

plural percenters

  1. in compoundspreceded by a numberA member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population.
  2. includingslangentertainmentAn agent.

    If you are an agent, and you have been or are being approached by the American Guild of Variety Artists to help form a percenter organization in your city, you could do worse than use the Artists Representatives' Association for your model.

    1944, Billboard, volume 56, number 9

Origin

From percent + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (informal entertainment suffix); the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.

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APA

percenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percenter

MLA

“percenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percenter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percenter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percenter.

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