Term Gallery logo

Meanings of percentage point in English

Portuguese
ponto
Spanish
coma

The dot at the left of a decimal fraction.

ponto
Russian
процент по модулю
Portuguese
ponto percentual
Catalan
punt percentual
Spanish
punto porcentual

Unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages.

Related terms
процент по модулю
Synonyms
Examples for "point"
Examples for "point"
1
These results therefore point to continued private sector expansion throughout the year.
The Guardian
2
Case in point: the current end of financial year and mid-year sales.
News.com.au
3
The situation in the North West is now well beyond crisis point.
The South African
4
The budget is a key point of political contention this election year.
Reuters
5
A year ago, football was in crisis - up to a point.
The Irish Times
1
Maths-loving Zac had his whole future planned out, to the decimal point.
The South African
2
I'm an engineer, and I've got this figured to the last decimal point.
Winter’s Tale
3
Second, every REDUCTION is made almost instantaneously by merely moving the decimal point.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
4
An extra decimal point misplaced on a page, and to be done away with.
The flock
5
There is a practice which ignores the decimal point and speaks of a sp.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Min...
Usage of percentage point in English
1
Overall, however, the net change will probably be within 1 percentage point.
Reuters
2
For example, five-year government bonds were more than a percentage point higher.
Radio NZ
3
However, some market participants were wagering on a half percentage point cut.
Reuters
4
It forecast an additional 3 percentage point hit from foreign exchange rates.
Reuters
5
Output prices, the prices businesses charge, rose just half a percentage point.
Radio NZ
6
The RealClearPolitics polling average has Trump ahead by about one percentage point.
The Guardian
7
Italian bond spreads have risen nearly one percentage point since Italy's election.
Reuters
8
Monday's poll in the Australian gave them a 10 percentage point lead.
The Irish Times
9
With all precincts reporting, the expansion led by about 1 percentage point.
Reuters
10
Overdraft and term loans rates have risen by half a percentage point.
The Irish Times
11
The unemployment rate declined by five-tenths of a percentage point in 2019.
Reuters
12
The Fed has already cut rates a full percentage point since September.
Reuters
13
The balance of bets is for a reduction of a quarter- percentage point.
The Irish Times
14
The Fed already has cut rates a full percentage point since mid-September.
Reuters
15
Yields on two-year U.S. Treasury notes jumped almost a half percentage point.
Reuters
16
It has never been more than half a percentage point below CPI.
BBC
Translations for percentage point