percentage point

noun

: one hundredth of a whole : percent

interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent

Examples of percentage point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Los Angeles officials are asking voters in the June primary election to add another half percentage point to rates that already top 10% in most of the county’s cities, raising money to offset reductions in federal health care spending. —Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026

Rates would probably have to drop another full percentage point to get a significant impact. —Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026

Every percentage point shift from rail to truck increases overall risk to the public. —Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026

Consumer price inflation in the European Union — which stood at 2% in January — could rise by more than a percentage point if the conflict drags on for several months, according to Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg bank. —Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for percentage point

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint