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

For English language arts, which includes reading, writing, speaking and listening, the district came one percentage point shy of the state average, with 49% of students meeting their individualized growth targets. —Dmitry Martirosov, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2025

The central bank has slashed interest rates a quarter of a percentage point at each of its last two meetings. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025

There was a 7 percentage point increase in the number of Americans reporting having used an injection for weight loss in that time frame, according to Gallup's data. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025

Still, the city sales tax Measure E last year lost by just over a half percentage point. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025

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