point off

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to mark off from the right-hand side (a number of decimal places) in a whole number to create a mixed decimal

   point off three decimal places in 12345 and you get 12.345

Example Sentences

The same can’t be said for the recent drop, which shaved more than 0.75 percentage point off mortgage rates since the end of May, according to Mortgage News Daily data.

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At 6%, 5.9 million mortgages outstanding would be in a position to shave 0.75 percentage point off their rate.

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Srivastava estimates that in the worst-case scenario, exports of goods affected by the new tariffs could drop by close to $40 billion, shaving nearly a percentage point off India’s economic growth in the country’s current fiscal year, which ends in March 2026.

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The new levy will be painful for India, potentially shaving 0.8 percentage point off the country’s economic growth, Citi estimates.

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Just the notion that an out-of-shape writer would score a point off him drives Brown nuts.

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