index number
noun
: a number used to indicate change in magnitude (as of cost or price) as compared with the magnitude at some specified time usually taken as 100
Examples of index number in a Sentence
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The problem with that view is that the high index number comes from prices in dollars that had a higher purchasing value than today's.
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John S. Tobey, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Hazardous temperatures are expected next week in the South, West and Pacific Northwest, with peak heat index numbers over 110 from Texas to North Carolina.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
The average index number is 61.58.
—Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
The next word would have to be generated by the server, and this word or its index number would have to be downloaded, possibly in encrypted form with the rest of the code.
—Pradeep Mutalik, Quanta Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
On the other hand, South Carolina’s Comporium almost doubled its index number and dropped to 10th place.
—PCMAG, 19 Dec. 2022
These sequences are assigned the same barcode index number, or BIN.
—Brooke Jarvis, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
That means some of these ISPs have a speed index number that includes, say, fiber and DSL together.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 17 June 2022
Starting in December 2003, the biggest December-to-December increase in that inflation index number prior to the most recent one was 4.1% in December 2007, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—John Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
John S. Tobey, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Hazardous temperatures are expected next week in the South, West and Pacific Northwest, with peak heat index numbers over 110 from Texas to North Carolina.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
The average index number is 61.58.
—Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
The next word would have to be generated by the server, and this word or its index number would have to be downloaded, possibly in encrypted form with the rest of the code.
—Pradeep Mutalik, Quanta Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
On the other hand, South Carolina’s Comporium almost doubled its index number and dropped to 10th place.
—PCMAG, 19 Dec. 2022
These sequences are assigned the same barcode index number, or BIN.
—Brooke Jarvis, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
That means some of these ISPs have a speed index number that includes, say, fiber and DSL together.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 17 June 2022
Starting in December 2003, the biggest December-to-December increase in that inflation index number prior to the most recent one was 4.1% in December 2007, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—John Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
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“Index number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/index%20number. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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