"percenter" meaning in English

See percenter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pəˈsɛn.tə/ [UK], /pɚˈsɛn.tɚ/ [Canada, General-American], /pəˈsen.tə/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-percenter.ogg Forms: percenters [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{af|en|percent|-er|id2=measurement|pos2=measurement suffix}} percent + -er (measurement suffix), {{af|en|-er|id1=entertainment|pos1=informal entertainment suffix}} -er (informal entertainment suffix) 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 a population. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-percenter-en-noun-Io~3jh45
  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 (entertainment), English terms suffixed with -er (measurement), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (entertainment): 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (measurement): 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 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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