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quarter-point
noun [C]Definition
› FINANCE, ECONOMICS, BANKING a quarter of one percent: A $10 rise in the price of a barrel of oil reduces growth by about a quarter-point. The City expects the Bank of England to announce a quarter-point rate cut today.
(Definition of quarter-point noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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