Percentage Point

Definition: Percentage Point

Percentage Point

Noun

1. The dot at the left of a decimal fraction.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Mathematics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Percentage Point

Crosswords: Percentage Point

Business

In 1999, Telia had 87 percent of the market for fixed telephony, a reduction of three percent compared to 1998. Tele2's share increased by one percentage point and reached 6 percent. (references)

The Land Transport Authority has estimated that Singapore's roads could accommodate up to another one percentage point growth in COEs per year over the next few years as a result of electronic road pricing. (references)

Economic History

Chile

The United States is Chile's largest-single supplier, supplying 22.4% of the country's imports in 2001, up from 18.5% in 2000. Chile unilaterally is lowering its across-the-board import tariff--for all countries with which it does not have a trade agreement--by a percentage point each year until it reaches 6% in 2003. Higher effective tariffs are charged only on imports of wheat, wheat flour, vegetable oils, and sugar as a result of a system of import price bands. (references)

Belgium

From the second half of 1999 onward, Belgian unemployment figures declined substantially to 8.5%, one percentage point below the European average. (references)

Vietnam

The government has recently acknowledged, however, that it expects growth this year to miss the target by, perhaps, a percentage point and the growth rate should roughly equate to that of 2000, 6.7 percent. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

The measure was originally due to expire at the end of 2000. A half-percentage point decrease was agreed to by Mercosur members effective January 2001, and an additional one percentage point decrease will take place on January 1, 2002, with the remaining one percentage point decrease likely taking place in 2003. (references)

BRAZIL

Brazil, and its Mercosur partners, implemented a temporary general across- the-board 3 percentage point tariff increase in late 1997 and early 1998 in response to balance of payments difficulties. (references)

Trade

Nicaragua

Beers will decrease by one percentage point annually as well, until the IEC reaches 32 percent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

百分點 . (various references)

Danish

procent-point, procentpoint, signifikans-niveau. (various references)

Dutch

significantieniveau. (various references)

Finnish

p-arvo (P value, P-value). (various references)

French

pourcentage (percent, percentage), point de pourcentage. (various references)

German

Prozentpunkt. (various references)

Greek 

ποσοστιαία μονάδα, εκατοστιαία μονάδα, εκατοστιαίο σημείο. (various references)

Italian

punto percentuale, livello di significatività espresso in percentuale. (various references)

Pig Latin

ercentagepay ointpay

Portuguese

ponto percentual. (various references)

Spanish

punto porcentual. (various references)

Swedish

signifikansnivå. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: petrogenetic.

-4 letters: inappetence, penetrating, penetration, preenacting, renegotiate, teratogenic.

-5 letters: apprentice, entrapping, entreating, generation, intenerate, interocean, nonreceipt, pangenetic, patterning, penetrance, pentatonic, percentage, perception, pertinence, precenting, preopening, protecting, reenacting, repentance.

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