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percenter

percenter

5 7.8
A person in the small top percent of a group by wealth or rank
  • noun
  • /pərˈsɛntər/
translation icon : percentil
  • It's the one percent and most Americans are the 99 percenters.
  • one percenter
  • top 1 percenters

Do you choose to give yourself and other one percenters a massive tax break that they don't need?

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Examples

  • You can't complain about job creators and taxes when your ultrawealthy one-percenter candidate pays no taxes.

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  • He's a one percenter.

  • One is taken away because you are a one percenter.

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  • "Because I can," said Dan, the one percenter.

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  • And if you want to be a part of the haves, the one percenter, you have to finish.

  • We are the one-percenters, ladies, and we're never going back.

  • The people that operate this planet, the handful, the one percenters have different information than you have.

  • You know, even our poorest people are among the top one percenters, you know, in a grand scheme of things in the world.

  • I know you one-percenters don't like hearing all that depressing stuff.

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  • To be a one-percenter, you often need to work hard and make sacrifices for success.

Synonyms

topper
vspercenter
  • Indian
7 6.7

A person who is best in a group or class

refers to belonging to a specific percentage group rather than sole first place
top-notcher
vspercenter
  • Philippine
1 8.2

A person who is among the best in a field

refers to belonging to a specific percentage group, often at an extreme

Compounds

9.9

A person who strongly supports their country above all others and refuses to work with other countries

Surface Forms

percenter singular
percenters plural

Morphology

percenter = percent (semi-transparent) = percent + er

The structure is clear, but the agentive sense 'a person in a particular percentage group' is somewhat specialized and not fully predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Percenter comes from the word percent, which means 'for each hundred' or 'one in a hundred'. So a percenter is someone who belongs to a particular percentage group, for example the top 1% in wealth or achievement.