"percenter" meaning in All languages combined

See percenter on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-percenter.ogg [Australia] Forms: percenters [plural]
Etymology: percent + -er; the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|percent|er}} percent + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} percenter (plural percenters)
  1. (in combination, preceded by a number) A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of the population. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-percenter-en-noun-i90Jjfpw
  2. (slang, entertainment, including sports) An agent. Tags: including, slang
    Sense id: en-percenter-en-noun-tpnlCL1B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 19 81 Topics: entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 13%, 13 percenter, 5 percenter, one-percenter, ten-percenter, two percenter, two-percenter

Inflected forms

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