Definition of double-digit in English:

double-digit

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adjective

attributive

(of a number, variable, or percentage) between 10 and 99.
‘double-digit inflation’
- ‘Firms with questionable numbers see their stock prices fall by double-digit percentages.’
- ‘He expects earnings to grow by double-digit figures in the first half of the current financial year.’
- ‘For several years in a row, the retail costs of heating oil and natural gas have seen double-digit percentage increases.’
- ‘Earnings for this year are likely to be healthy, as house price growth has again reached double-digit figures.’
- ‘Generous employers will pay a double-digit percentage of your salary towards your pension.’
- ‘Just counting the pairs of shoes in the hall cupboard rapidly amounts to double-digit figures.’
- ‘Two years after this, in 1990, we had double-digit general inflation.’
- ‘In the seventies we were racked with economic problems like huge inflation and double-digit unemployment.’
- ‘Low interest rates and double-digit house price inflation have led to a big increase in equity withdrawal in the past couple of years.’
- ‘After four years of double-digit growth, house-price inflation is expected to slow this year.’
- ‘Five years ago, most eastern European nations were battling double-digit inflation.’
- ‘When you tack on inflation, it will be spectacular double-digit growth.’
- ‘A double-digit increase in the economy was possible and unemployment would be gradually reduced, he said.’
- ‘While not a double-digit increase like those of the past five years, it is still higher than the estimated inflation rate.’
- ‘Rentals cost nearly five dollars and first run films are edging ever closer to double-digit prices.’
- ‘It means their double-digit profit margins aren't high enough to satisfy Wall Street.’
- ‘The general view was the high double-digit growth achieved by the group over much of the past 20 years was about to end.’
- ‘During 2001, a sharp correction arrived after several years of double-digit growth.’
- ‘Home-owners face soaring bills this autumn amid predictions of a fresh round of double-digit energy price increases.’
- ‘We've just announced our seventh half year of double-digit earnings growth and we're going to see much more of that coming in future.’

Pronunciation

double-digit

/ˈdəbəl ˌdijit/ /ˈdəbəl ˌdɪdʒɪt/

noun

North American

another term for double figures

‘Unemployment in the high-tech sector remains stubbornly in double digits.’

‘He won't reveal the fund's returns, saying only that they've averaged in the double digits since its launch in 2000.’
‘Unemployment that should hover around 5-6 per cent gradually moves to double digits.’
‘He added that although credit growth is expected to ease over the rest of the year because of higher interest rates, growth would remain well into the double digits.’
‘A year later, he signed with the Celtics, and since his second season in Boston has never averaged below double digits as a scorer.’
‘He averaged in double digits, which was pretty good for a guy who focused so much of his energy on the defensive side of the game.’
‘Failure rates at the police academy have jumped into double digits from the 3 to 5 percent that once was the norm.’
‘I think he's somewhere in the double digits, somewhere between 10 and 20.’
‘At this rate you'll hit double digits by the time you polish off a slice of apple pie after dinner (it counts, but no ice cream).’
‘He finishes in single digits or very low double digits.’
‘We have a lead, according to some polls, in the double digits.’
‘Distill those, and you'll get a proof in the high double digits.’
‘This case begins with a report showing that the prices on top selling prescription drugs jumped by double digits again.’
‘I think capital expenditures are already starting to grow by double digits.’
‘Even in growth times, Germany experiences unemployment rates close to double digits.’
‘I mean, the number of serious relationships I've had has not been into double digits.’
‘I've gone from an asterisk to double digits in the span of just a couple of weeks.’
‘Organized labor is down to less than double digits in representation of the work force.’
‘Office take-up levels next year are likely to be similar to the 175,000 square metres achieved this year but vacancy rates will remain in double digits.’
‘Typically a good score is anything in double digits.’