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PRONUNCIATION OF PERCENTAGE POINT

percentage point  [pəˈsentɪdʒ pɔɪnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERCENTAGE POINT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Percentage point is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERCENTAGE POINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Percentage point

A percentage point is the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the incidence of smoking decreased by 10 percentage points even though smoking did not decrease by 10 percent – percentages indicate ratios, not differences. Percentage points are also used to express the difference of risks or probabilities. Consider for instance a certain drug, which cures a given disease in 70 percent of all cases; without the drug, the disease heals spontaneously in only 50 percent of cases. The drug thus causes an absolute risk reduction of 20 percentage points. Here the reciprocal is especially meaningful and is known as the number needed to treat: 1/ = 1/0.20 = 5; if you treat 5 patients with the drug, you can expect to heal one more case of the disease than you would have without using the drug. For measurements with percentage as unit, like growth, yield, or ejection fraction, the standard deviation will have percentage points as unit.

Definition of percentage point in the English dictionary

The definition of percentage point in the dictionary is one hundredth of a percentage rate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERCENTAGE POINT


adjoint
ˈædˌdʒɔɪnt
appoint
əˈpɔɪnt
ballpoint
ˈbɔːlˌpɔɪnt
checkpoint
ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt
conjoint
kənˈdʒɔɪnt
counterpoint
ˈkaʊntəˌpɔɪnt
disappoint
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt
disjoint
dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt
flashpoint
ˈflæʃpɔɪnt
gunpoint
ˈɡʌnˌpɔɪnt
joint
dʒɔɪnt
midpoint
ˈmɪdˌpɔɪnt
needlepoint
ˈniːdəlˌpɔɪnt
pinpoint
ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt
point
pɔɪnt
pointe
pɔɪnt
points
pɔɪnt
standpoint
ˈstændˌpɔɪnt
viewpoint
ˈvjuːˌpɔɪnt
waypoint
ˈweɪˌpɔɪnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERCENTAGE POINT

perceant
perceivability
perceivable
perceivably
perceive
perceived
perceived noise decibel
perceiver
percentage
percentage distribution
percental
percentile
percentile ranking
percept
perceptibility
perceptible
perceptibly
perception
perceptional
perceptive

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERCENTAGE POINT

access point
at knife-point
beside the point
boiling point
cut-off point
dew point
focal point
high point
melting point
out of joint
pick-up point
power point
price point
starting point
talking point
tipping point
to the point
try for a point
turning point
up to a point
vantage point

Synonyms and antonyms of percentage point in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «percentage point» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERCENTAGE POINT

Find out the translation of percentage point to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of percentage point from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «percentage point» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

个百分点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punto porcentual
570 millions of speakers

English

percentage point
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिशत अंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقطة مئوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

процентный пункт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponto percentual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শতাংশ পয়েন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

point de pourcentage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Titik peratusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prozentpunkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

%ポイント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

% 포인트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Titik persentase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm phần trăm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதவீதம் புள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टक्केवारी बिंदू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüzde noktası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punto percentuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

punkt procentowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відсотковий пункт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

punct procentual
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκατοστιαίας μονάδας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persentasiepunt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

procentenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosentpoeng
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of percentage point

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCENTAGE POINT»

The term «percentage point» is regularly used and occupies the 65.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCENTAGE POINT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «percentage point» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «percentage point» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about percentage point

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERCENTAGE POINT»

Discover the use of percentage point in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to percentage point and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach
This is because any regression coefficients involving the original variable— whether it is the dependent or independent variable—will have a percentage point change interpretation. (See Appendix A for a review of the distinction between a ...
Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2012
2
Taxing Wages 2008
Comparing the columns 1, 3-4 and 6-8 of the tables would give the results for the remaining six family-types distinguished in this Report. Generally, only changes exceeding 1 percentage point for average effective rates and 5 percentage ...
OECD, 2009
3
Productivity Convergence
This was accounted for by the increasing openness of OECD economies over the postwar period. R&D intensity also made a sizable and increasing contribution to TFP growth, from 0.48 percentage point in 1960–73 to 0.59 percentage point ...
Edward N. Wolff, 2013
4
Taxing Wages 2010
Comparing the columns 1, 3-4 and 6-8 of the tables would give the results for the remaining six family-types distinguished in this Report. Generally, only changes exceeding 1 percentage point for average effective rates and 5 percentage ...
OECD, 2011
5
Taxing Wages 2007
Comparing the columns 1, 3-4 and 6-8 of the tables would give the results for the remaining six family-types distinguished in this Report. Generally, only changes exceeding 1 percentage point for average effective rates and 5 percentage ...
OECD, 2008
6
Taxing Wages 2013
more than 1 percentage point in Japan and Spain (1.5 percentage points) and Iceland and the United Kingdom (1.3 percentage points). It fell by more than one percentage point in Portugal (-1.3 percentage points) and the Czech Republic ...
OECD, 2013
7
Taxing Wages 2010
Comparing the columns 1, 3-4 and 6-8 of the tables would give the results for the remaining six family-types distinguished in this Report. Generally, only changes exceeding 1 percentage point for average effective rates and 5 percentage ...
OECD, 2011
8
Taxing Wages 2011
It fell by more than one percentage point in Hungary (–5.6 percentage points) and New Zealand (–1.1 percentage points). Table I.14 provides the combined burden of income tax and employee social security contributions less the amount of ...
OECD, 2012
9
Taxing Wages 2006
Comparing the columns 1, 3-4 and 6-8 of the tables would give the results for the remaining six family-types distinguished in this Report. Generally, only changes exceeding 1 percentage point for average effective rates and 5 percentage ...
OECD, 2007
10
Effects of Globalization on Labor's Share in National Income
0.44 percentage point, while the employment share increases by 0.11-0.48 percentage point. The effect is even stronger for an increase in productivity per worker (ProdW). A percentage point increase in productivity per worker raises the  ...
Anastasia Guscina, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERCENTAGE POINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term percentage point is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Bond Market's Got It All Wrong When It Comes to Biggest Foe
Those on the 10-year note, the benchmark for governments, businesses and consumers, has climbed more than a half-percentage point since ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
2
Treasury could be forced to scrap profitable Lloyds sale
“He is building a bit of profit every time he knocks out a percentage point, so he can say, now will give some back either on retail offer of Lloyds, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
What Does Australia Have in Common With Colombia and Russia?
The depreciation should add half a percentage point to growth this year and next, he said. Still, Davies, using the Reserve Bank of Australia's ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
Mutual funds' faith in equity pays off
Overall, MFs increased stake by a margin of one percentage point or more between the March and June quarters in 48 stocks and lowered ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
Westpac launches $750m hybrid offer
This margin would be the highest rate paid by a major bank for hybrid capital since the financial crisis, surpassing the 3.80 percentage point ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
6
Poll: Despite McCain comments, Trump atop GOP field
The poll has a 3.5 percentage point margin of error. --Sarah Ferris contributed to this report, which was updated at 11:41 a.m.. Tags: Donald ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
7
Greece Makes Fast Recovery in Tourism
... the value-added tax rate for hotels to 16% starting in September; a 10 percentage point VAT increase at restaurants is already in place. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Good rainfall expands crop planting by 26%
... in agriculturally significant central and northwestern India, bringing the season's total rainfall one percentage point closer to normal after four ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
Retiree insurance, pension rate brought to budget debate
The Senate wants to reduce it for two retirement programs to 7.2 percent and by an additional .05 of a percentage point with each valuation. «The Olympian, Jul 15»
10
Bank of Japan looks to change way rate of inflation is measured
The central bank is lobbying for a revision to housing cost estimates that could boost its preferred price gauge to within half a percentage point ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Percentage point [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/percentage-point>. Apr 2024 ».
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