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double-digit Definition

double-digit (-dij′it)

adjective

amounting to ten percent or more double-digit inflation

double-digit Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • growth: During two of the most difficult years in recent times for the industry, we have achieved double-digit new business growth each year.
  • inflation: However, the report points out, double-digit wage inflation in India is eroding the labor cost advantage over time.
  • margin: The Group once again expects to deliver double-digit margins, well above industry norms.
  • increase: The unions wanted to give members a double-digit increase by the end of the second year.
  • rate: The economy needs to grow at double-digit rates for the UN Millenium Targets for poverty relief to be met.
  • return: The first scheme involved an Internet website for a fictitious investment club that offered investors tax-free, double-digit, returns.