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- noun Plural form of
decimal .
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Examples
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It has been suggested that, because stocks are now traded in decimals rather than in 1/8 point increments, such a rule is obsolete or unnecessarily difficult to implement.
Sears Chairman Unleashes 15-Page Manifesto About Um, Everything - The Consumerist 2009
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In Mexico, we would never use comma to signal decimals, which is why Mexican Spanish Translations are unique and require specialized translators.
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There is a most minute system of merit and demerit established; everything good and everything bad has a specific value in numbers and decimals, which is accurately recorded against the owners thereof in the reports made for each year.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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Now there is one kind of decimals with which every member is acquainted -- the _Chiltern
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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Then stocks went from trading in fractions to decimals, which shaved returns for firms dramatically and reduced their ability to research and market small-cap stocks.
So Who Needs Wall Street? Mary Kissel 2011
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When the markets began quoting prices in decimals e.g., now Company A is $10.25 or $10.26, trading spreads were reduced and profits were significantly cut.
Barry Silbert: The Great Disconnect: American Jobs, Global Competitiveness & The Stock Market Barry Silbert 2011
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Most of the villagers cultivate betel vine over 10 decimals of land.
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When the markets began quoting prices in decimals e.g., now Company A is $10.25 or $10.26, trading spreads were reduced and profits were significantly cut.
Barry Silbert: The Great Disconnect: American Jobs, Global Competitiveness & The Stock Market Barry Silbert 2011
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The average fourth-grader, for example, could perform simple computation with whole numbers but might not understand fractions and decimals.
Math Gains Add Up on National Exams Stephanie Banchero 2011
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Adding decimals to the risk estimates on those website health calculators makes them less believable and harder to remember, said Holly Witteman, a University of Michigan researcher.
Michael L. Millenson: The Fine Line Between Shared and Manipulated Medical Decisions Michael L. Millenson 2011
bilby commented on the word decimals
Awww, fractions without a home :-(
July 18, 2008