basis point

noun

: one hundredth of one percent (as in the yield of an investment)

Examples of basis point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Treasury yields moved sharply lower Wednesday in the wake of the Tuesday results, with the 10-year yield ending the session 6 basis points lower. — Sean Conlon,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

The company reduced stock to roughly £400 million, around 60% below its 2022 peak, while adjusted gross margin rose 370 basis points year-on-year. — Jessica Binns, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Those 200 basis points translate into hundreds of millions of dollars of extra borrowing costs that can’t be pinned on the Fed or the overdue sobering-up among lenders. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

The net benefit to both gross margin and operating margin was approximately 310 basis points. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for basis point

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint