quintile

noun

quin·tile ˈkwin-ˌtī(-ə)l

: any of the four values that divide the items of a frequency distribution into five classes with each containing one fifth of the total population

also : any one of the five classes

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Breaking Down the Meaning of Quintile

Many people have a deep interest in statistics about themselves, whether the information provided is about income, ice-cream consumption, or trash production. And any such rating can be divided into fifths, or quintiles. The fifth or lowest quintile would include the 20 percent of the population who make the least money or eat the least ice cream or generate the least trash, and the first quintile would include the 20 percent who make, eat, or generate the most.

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Evercore screened the Russell 3000 for names that are in the bottom quintile for momentum, that are in quintiles three to five for size and in the top quintile for buybacks. —

Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024 People in the first quintile were 25% more likely to die from any cause compared to those in the third quintile. —

Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024 Nearly a century later, men from the bottom 20% comprise approximately 13% of the male college-going population, and women from families in the bottom income quintile comprise almost 20% of female college goers. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 This is important because the top income quintile makes up 40% of personal consumption, and personal consumption makes up approximately 60% of domestic GDP. —

Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for quintile