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

Recent polls show a tightening race, with Hinojosa trailing Abbott by as little as one percentage point. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

The probability of a quarter percentage point increase rose to 58%, or about 9 percentage points higher than a day ago, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool. — Davis Giangiulio,sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Among the major economies Goldman studied, a one percentage point increase in the dependency ratio reduces real private consumption growth by around 3 basis points a year. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

The article anticipates roughly a one percentage point increase over the next year. — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 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