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

Builders are increasingly paying for permanent mortgage-rate buydowns that can lower buyers' mortgage rates by about a percentage point — an incentive that's difficult for most individual home sellers to replicate. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 July 2026

The poll also shows Democrats with an 11 percentage point advantage on the generic congressional ballot. — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

And 36% had kids, an eight percentage point drop from a decade ago. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

For example, the freshman four-year graduation rate increased from 68% to 74% between 2018 and 2025, marking a 6 percentage point increase. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 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