Quintile

Word QUINTILE
Character 8
Hyphenation quin tile
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Definitions and meanings of "Quintile"

What do we mean by quintile?

The astrological aspect of planets distant from each other by 72° or one fifth of the zodiac. noun

The portion of a frequency distribution containing one fifth of the total sample. noun

The aspect of planets when they are distant from each other the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°. noun

The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°. noun

Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets. noun

A subset thus obtained. noun

An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°) noun

Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

(by extension) A subset thus obtained.

An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)

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The word "quintile" in example sentences

The lowest quintile is spending 14% more in 2005 than it was in 1985, the second quintile 16%, the third quintile 11%, the fourth 13%, and the top quintile is spending an additional 16%. ❋ Unknown (2009)

JT: If only the bottom quintile is benefited and the middle class stagnates, the median will not rise. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Forty percent of families filing for bankruptcy are in the second income quintile, which is above the poverty level but still struggling. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The 20% of stocks that had the highest P/Es, for example, were placed in the top P/E group called a quintile in statistical jargon, the next 60% in the middle group, the lowest 20% in the bottom group. ❋ David Dreman (1998)

The Census report notes that the highest "quintile" or fifth of income-earners received 50.3 percent of all income last year, the bottom fifth receive only 3.4% .. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The latest data from the Congressional Budget Office show that in 2007, the top "quintile" ❋ Steven Pearlstein (2011)

Each bar represents the percentage of people in that “quintile of religiosity”—intuitively, the slice of the population with that level of religiosity—who oppose abortion. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

This might be thought to help subsidize the poor, says Mr. Vedder, but the college population today in fact has a lower percentage of people from the bottom income quintile than it did in 1970 notwithstanding a massive increase in federal aid. ❋ William McGurn (2011)

The percent of the workforce employed in manufacturing declined steadily by decade -- from 24% in 1970 to 21% in 1980 to 17% in 1990 to 14% in 2000--and this decline contributed directly to the lack of real wage growth for the middle quintile of the U.S. workforce over the past three decades. ❋ David Paul (2011)

Eligible Companies To be counted in determining analysts' eligibility and in evaluating their stock-picking performance, a stock must have been in the top quintile of market capitalization in its country at the start of 2010; initial public offerings and depositary receipts that meet these basic requirements also were included. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Among small caps, the high-beta quintile now includes more consumer-discretionary and energy stocks than five years ago. ❋ Ben Levisohn (2011)

The cheapest quintile of U.S. stock funds were more than twice as likely as the most expensive quintile to survive and beat their categories' average returns from 2006 to 2010, according to Morningstar. ❋ Joe Light (2011)

Also, for reference, the lowest quintile by income (those households you reference here) vote at a staggeringly lower percentage than those from the higher income brackets ... 36% compared to 52%/59%/67%/63%. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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