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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That’s a 200 percentage point increase from three weeks ago when attacks were up by 500%, The Center Square reported.
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Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025
Levi's did cut its gross margin guidance by 0.2 percentage point, and now expects gross margin to grow by 0.8 percentage point because of the impact tariffs are having on profits.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Specifically, Medicaid and individual exchange headwinds could reduce the company’s growth rate by one percentage point from 5% to 4% annually over the next five years, according to Morningstar analyst Julie Utterback.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The percentage would then be further reduced, but not below 20%, by 1 percentage point for each $2,000 ($4,000 for joint returns) that their AGI exceeds $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns).
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025
Levi's did cut its gross margin guidance by 0.2 percentage point, and now expects gross margin to grow by 0.8 percentage point because of the impact tariffs are having on profits.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Specifically, Medicaid and individual exchange headwinds could reduce the company’s growth rate by one percentage point from 5% to 4% annually over the next five years, according to Morningstar analyst Julie Utterback.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The percentage would then be further reduced, but not below 20%, by 1 percentage point for each $2,000 ($4,000 for joint returns) that their AGI exceeds $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns).
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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