point off

British  

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

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Example Sentences

The club had been a point off the play-off places after a 3-2 win at Hull City on 7 February, but are now 12 points adrift of the top six.

From BBC

A three-month blockade of the Strait of Hormuz with oil prices settling between $120 and $150 a barrel—an adverse scenario—could shave almost half a percentage point off Germany’s GDP next year, Dirk Schumacher, chief economist at German state-owned KfW bank, wrote in a note last week.

From The Wall Street Journal

A less severescenario with $100 oil for two months “would shave a few 10ths of a percentage point off global GDP growth via higher inflation, but recessions would be avoided,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal

International Monetary Fund research suggests that a sustained 10% increase in oil prices shaves 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point off global growth the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Goldman Sachs’ pessimistic scenario shows oil rising back to $100 a barrel and staying elevated, wiping around half a percentage point off global growth and boosting inflation by nearly 1 percentage point over the next year.

From The Wall Street Journal