Function: noun
Date: 1958
: one hundredth of a whole : PERCENT <interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent>
Function: noun
Date: 1958
: one hundredth of a whole : PERCENT <interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012