percentage rate
Ratio per hundred
A percentage rate expresses a quantity as a proportion of one hundred, typically describing change, growth, or comparison over time: an interest rate of 5%, the unemployment rate fell by two percentage points.
The phrase often appears in financial and statistical contexts where precision about ratios matters.
Attention, stake, or fee
- APRYearly borrowing cost
- usuryExtortionate money lending
- refinanceObtain new loan terms
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
basis point · yield · LIBOR · spread · compounding · debt service
Go back again
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- dividend yieldDistribution as price percentage
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
- ROIProfit-to-cost ratio
appreciation · management fee · bond yield · alpha · benchmark · total return
Output increase percentage
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- CPIInflation measurement abbreviation
- consumer price indexInflation tracking statistic
- wage growthIncrease in compensation
labor force participation · monetary policy · fiscal policy · stagflation · recession · economic indicator · quantitative easing
interest
Attention, stake, or fee
amortization · basis point · yield · LIBOR · spread · compounding · debt service
return
Go back again
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- dividend yieldDistribution as price percentage
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
ROI · appreciation · management fee · bond yield · alpha · benchmark · total return
GDP growth
Output increase percentage
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- CPIInflation measurement abbreviation
- consumer price indexInflation tracking statistic
wage growth · labor force participation · monetary policy · fiscal policy · stagflation · recession · economic indicator · quantitative easing
- tariffstariff, customs duty, import duty, import tax, tariff barriers
percentage rateabsolute value
Non-negative distance from zero
fixed amount · flat rate · nominal value · dollar amount · lump sum
percent, percentage, percentages, rate, rates, rated, rating, rater, cent