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

The moderate won against democratic socialist Francesca Hong by less than a percentage point. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026

Instead, the Democratic socialist lost by less than 1 percentage point. — Garrett Downs,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

The anticipated reading would clock in more than a percentage point higher than the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2%. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Contractors that are signatories to a qualifying collective bargaining or master labor agreement would receive an additional percentage point. — David I. Levine, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 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