pp
noun
LanguagePortuguese (Portugal)
Meaning- initialism of ponto percentual or ponto de percentagem.
- percentage point
- An abbreviation used to refer to a percentage point, which is the arithmetic difference between two percentages.
A taxa de juros subiu 2 pp.
The interest rate went up 2 percentage points.
Part of speechnoun
Usage noteThis is an initialism commonly used in technical, financial, or academic texts.
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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.