Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basis point

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
ba-sis -point
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One hundredth of one percentage point.

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What does basis point mean?
One hundredth of one percentage point.

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