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.
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