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

Hong ultimately lost the primary election to Crowley by less than a percentage point following Barnes’s withdrawal from the race at the eleventh hour. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Five of the past seven presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a percentage point. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

That is more than 1 percentage point more than where SpaceX’s current bonds trade, reflecting an AI-loan market that has pulled back sharply over the past few weeks. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

The 65% disapproval rating is 1 percentage point higher than former President Joe Biden's worst showing and the highest for any president surveyed by CNBC going back to President Barack Obama. — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 22 Oct. 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