percentage point
noun
: one hundredth of a whole : percent
interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent
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Markets widely expect the central bank to lower its benchmark borrowing rate by half a percentage point by the end of the year, with cuts at the October and December meetings.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The three major indexes ticked down slightly, but none suffered losses even approaching a half-percentage point.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Discount stores saw a five percentage point increase in shoppers this year, up from 37 percent in 2024.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
The results were about the same from the 2023-24 school year, with public school students' performance on the reading portion of the exam improving by less than a percentage point.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The three major indexes ticked down slightly, but none suffered losses even approaching a half-percentage point.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Discount stores saw a five percentage point increase in shoppers this year, up from 37 percent in 2024.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
The results were about the same from the 2023-24 school year, with public school students' performance on the reading portion of the exam improving by less than a percentage point.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for percentage point
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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