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

In the Tide parent's January earnings report, its fiscal 2026 second quarter, P & G saw a 1 percentage point decline in volumes and a 1 point pricing benefit, leading to flat organic sales. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026

And in the secondary market, SSA dollar bond yield spreads versus Treasuries have also fallen to a few hundredths of a percentage point recently. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026

And, traditionally, shopping around has been shown to result in a rate that's around half a percentage point or greater below average. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

National data found each home lost to climate disasters per 10,000 people correlates with a 1 percentage point increase in homelessness. —Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 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