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rounding error

British

noun

computing an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding

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Example Sentences

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For big public companies, the cost of reporting is a rounding error compared to their costs of operations.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

It’s barely even what you’d call a rounding error.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2026

I guess so, though little more than a rounding error.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

If bitcoin trades where I think it will 20 years from now, the difference between buying at $20,000 and buying at $85,000 will look like a rounding error.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 23, 2025

I told her about Davis calling it a rounding error, but I still worried that it might be dirty money or that I might be exploiting Davis or...but she shushed me.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

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