decile
noun
dec·ile ˈde-ˌsī(-ə)l 
-səl
: any one of nine numbers that divide a frequency distribution into 10 classes such that each contains the same number of individuals
also : any one of these 10 classes
decile adjective
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This investment methodology has enabled the venture fund to provide top decile returns to investors and grow their fund to $1.5B in capital. 
Sergei Revzin And Vadim Revzin, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The institute predicted that while average inflation in the UK was at 9% in April, prices went up only 7.9% for the country’s wealthiest decile, and had gone up as much as 10.9% for the population’s poorest 10%. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 19 May 2022 Based on the median enterprise value/revenue/growth of 0.4x, the company will be valued at 22x forward revenue, or $6.6 billion—a top-decile outcome by most measures. Dharmesh Thakker, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 Eversource’s electric system reliability, measured by months between interruptions, was in the top decile in the industry in 2021, with customer power interruptions an average of 19.2 months apart, the utility said. Stephen Singer, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2022 Students for Fair Admissions, the petitioner in both cases, says Harvard admits 56.1% of black applicants in the top academic decile, compared with 31.3% of Hispanics, 15.3% of whites, and 12.7% of Asians. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2022 The book’s title refers to the nation’s top decile of income-earners, minus the uber-wealthy. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021 By 2014, Gallup had ranked Nationwide in the sixth decile of the North American Finance Insurance workgroup database and operating revenues had increased, according to a Harvard Business School case study. Whitney Bronson, Forbes, 17 May 2021 In counties experiencing the highest spread of the disease (the top decile), households with a birthday averaged 8.6 more cases per 10,000 individuals than others nearby without birthdays. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 21 June 2021 See More
Sergei Revzin And Vadim Revzin, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The institute predicted that while average inflation in the UK was at 9% in April, prices went up only 7.9% for the country’s wealthiest decile, and had gone up as much as 10.9% for the population’s poorest 10%. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 19 May 2022 Based on the median enterprise value/revenue/growth of 0.4x, the company will be valued at 22x forward revenue, or $6.6 billion—a top-decile outcome by most measures. Dharmesh Thakker, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 Eversource’s electric system reliability, measured by months between interruptions, was in the top decile in the industry in 2021, with customer power interruptions an average of 19.2 months apart, the utility said. Stephen Singer, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2022 Students for Fair Admissions, the petitioner in both cases, says Harvard admits 56.1% of black applicants in the top academic decile, compared with 31.3% of Hispanics, 15.3% of whites, and 12.7% of Asians. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2022 The book’s title refers to the nation’s top decile of income-earners, minus the uber-wealthy. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021 By 2014, Gallup had ranked Nationwide in the sixth decile of the North American Finance Insurance workgroup database and operating revenues had increased, according to a Harvard Business School case study. Whitney Bronson, Forbes, 17 May 2021 In counties experiencing the highest spread of the disease (the top decile), households with a birthday averaged 8.6 more cases per 10,000 individuals than others nearby without birthdays. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 21 June 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin decem ten — more at ten
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above