index number
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of index number
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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That was much faster than the 2.9% increase in the headline consumer-price index number.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
A rational exponent is a fraction: the denominator of the fraction is the root or index number and the numerator is the power to which it is raised.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
The index compares the cost of each of these meats locally with the survey average, and combines the four to arrive at an index number.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
It seemed that the first lawyer for Mr. Vereen had not recognized the importance of an old court index number that somehow was in his own legal papers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2016
If it were really true that such an index number varied with the quantity of money, then the quantity theory would be effectively disproved!
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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