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• percentage point — noun the dot at the left of a decimal fraction • Syn: ↑decimal point, ↑point • Hypernyms: ↑mathematical notation * * * percentage point UK US noun [countable] [ …   Useful english dictionary

• percentage point — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms percentage point : singular percentage point plural percentage points one per cent Interest rates have been cut by half a percentage point …   English dictionary

• percentage point — per centage ,point noun count one percent: Interest rates have been cut by half a percentage point …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• percentage point — ➔ point1 * * * percentage point UK US noun [C] ► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a unit of measure equal to one percent, used to refer to changes in interest rates: »Markets showed a slight recovery when the Federal Reserve cut short term interest rates by… …   Financial and business terms

• percent, percentage point —    There is an important distinction between the two terms that is not always observed, even on the financial pages. Consider the following example from the business section of The Times of London. Headline: U.S. tax reform to cut top rate by 25% …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• percent, percentage point —    There is an important distinction between the two terms that is not always observed, even on the financial pages. Consider the following example from the business section of The Times of London. Headline: U.S. tax reform to cut top rate by 25% …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• Point — The smallest unit of price change quoted or, one one hundredth of a percent. Related: minimum price fluctuation and tick. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. point point 1 [pɔɪnt] noun [countable] 1. a single idea, opinion, or fact,… …   Financial and business terms

• point — See minimum price fluctuation. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary See basis point. American Banker Glossary The smallest unit of price change quoted, or one one hundredth of a percent. Related: minimum price fluctuation and tick. Bloomberg… …   Financial and business terms

• percentage — /pə sentɪdʒ/ noun an amount shown as part of one hundred ▪▪▪ ‘…state owned banks cut their prime rates a percentage point to 11%’ [Wall Street Journal] ▪▪▪ ‘…a good percentage of the excess stock was taken up during the last quarter’ [Australian… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• cut — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Parthian shot, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Spartan, Vandyke, abandon, abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviated, abrade, abrasion, abridge, abridged, abscind, abscondence, absence, absence without …   Moby Thesaurus

• cut — 1. verb 1) the knife slipped and cut his finger Syn: gash, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure; scratch, graze, nick, incise, score; lance 2) cut the pepper into smal …   Thesaurus of popular words