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

Management said the cyclospora outbreak caused a 2 percentage point drag on sales in the second half of July, the first month of the current quarter. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 July 2026

That 100% is under pressure and the industry and auto-making states have achieved a provisional 10 percentage point relief. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

After mortgage rates declined by around a full percentage point in 2025 and a bit further in 2026, much of that improvement has been erased in recent months. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 July 2026

And 36% had kids, an eight percentage point drop from a decade ago. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 23 July 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