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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This has been shown to result in a rate approximately half a percentage point below average.
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 18 May 2026
During a particularly tight stretch from 2010 to 2018 every contest for governor and president in Florida was decided by a percentage point or less.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Import and export prices also were at levels not seen since the last inflation spike, a period that prompted aggressive Fed rate hikes that started with four consecutive moves in three-quarter percentage point increments in 2022.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Johnson has said restoring the city’s share by 1 percentage point would generate $80 million.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 18 May 2026
During a particularly tight stretch from 2010 to 2018 every contest for governor and president in Florida was decided by a percentage point or less.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Import and export prices also were at levels not seen since the last inflation spike, a period that prompted aggressive Fed rate hikes that started with four consecutive moves in three-quarter percentage point increments in 2022.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Johnson has said restoring the city’s share by 1 percentage point would generate $80 million.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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