percentage point
noun
: one hundredth of a whole : percent
interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent
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Each percentage point improvement in retention typically contributes 5% value growth.
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Sai Sandeep Ogety, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The state's unemployment rate was up three-tenths of a percentage point year over year.
—Lucas Dufalla, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia reduced its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of percentage point for a second time this year, to 3.85%, judging inflation to be within its target range.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
That up a full percentage point from 34.5% compared to a year earlier, the analysis by the commercial real estate services firm found.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2025
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Sai Sandeep Ogety, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The state's unemployment rate was up three-tenths of a percentage point year over year.
—Lucas Dufalla, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia reduced its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of percentage point for a second time this year, to 3.85%, judging inflation to be within its target range.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
That up a full percentage point from 34.5% compared to a year earlier, the analysis by the commercial real estate services firm found.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2025
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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