Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any one of the numbers or values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into ten groups of equal frequency.
- noun Any one of the ten groups.
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- noun statistics Any of the
values in aseries thatdivides thedistribution ofindividuals in that series intoten groups ofequal frequency . - noun Any one of the ten
subsets or groups so divided. - noun astrology An
aspect or position of twoplanets when they are distant from each other atenth part of thezodiac .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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While the absolute wealth of the top decile is huge and growing their relative wealth is continuing to grow and that is the greatest prize of all.
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Based on my experience, among those who work, the bottom decile is putting in at least as many hours – and a lot more labor – than the top decile. cmholm says:
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Even within that top "decile," the distribution is remarkably skewed.
The costs of rising economic inequality Steven Pearlstein 2010
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Even within that top "decile," the distribution is remarkably skewed.
The costs of rising economic inequality Steven Pearlstein 2010
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The top decile of this scale accounts for 27 percent of all evangelical Protestants.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Of people in the top decile of religiosity, 61 percent say it is very important that their child marry within the faith, while another 21 percent say it is somewhat important.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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While religious diversity loses a little luster among those with the highest levels of religiosity, they still endorse it overwhelmingly 74 percent of Americans in the top decile of religiosity see the good in religious diversity.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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By “highly religious,” we mean people who rank in the top decile of the religiosity index discussed in Chapter 1, while “highly secular” means those in the bottom decile.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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The percentage loss in the richest decile group is higher than in all but the bottom three decile groups, but in fact this is largely driven by tax rises for the very richest approximately the top 1%.
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The thinktank said the losses among this decile would be concentrated among the highest 1% of earners, due to the increase in the top rate of income tax to 50% for those earning more than £150,000, and the withdrawal of the personal income tax allowance and less generous pension relief for those earning more than £100,000.
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