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percenter

[ per-sen-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that charges or pays a certain percentage, cooperates to a specified degree, etc. (used in combination):

    agents and other ten-percenters.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of percenter1

First recorded in 1860–65; percent + -er 1

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Example Sentences

"Zelda was my best flesh act," interrupted Arnold Wilson Wyle, a ten-percenter whom video had saved from alimony jail.

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