Explore Quintile through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Quintile in a sentence
Quintile meaning
- Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
- A subset thus obtained.
- An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
Using Quintile
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets. | A subset thus obtained. | An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
- In the example corpus, quintile often appears in combinations such as: second quintile, quintile earns, quintile of.
Context around Quintile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quintile
- In this selection, "quintile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, poorest, bottom, earns and consumption stand out and add context to how "quintile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and second quintile have an and in each quintile is affected. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quintile" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quintile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, in the second quintile, consumption decreased by 0.6 percent. (11 words)
This is evident in the Morningstar Sustainability rating of the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF () in the second worst quintile. (19 words)
This means that in these provinces, quintile 1 to 3 schools — those in the poorest communities — cannot buy the essentials. (20 words)
As John Early and Phil Gramm in The Wall Street Journal, “Transfers now constitute 84.2% of the disposable income of the poorest quintile of American households and 57.8% of the disposable income of lower-middle-income households. (39 words)
However, these groups also have by far the smallest percentage of American household incomes – the first quintile earns just 3.2% of all income, while the second quintile earns only 8.4% of all income. (35 words)
First of all, the nation’s top-earning quintile earns 58% of all the income and pays 69% of all federal taxes, including 90% of all income taxes. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
By CBO calculations the household incomes in the first quintile and second quintile have an average total federal tax rate of 1.0% and 3.8% respectively.
However, these groups also have by far the smallest percentage of American household incomes – the first quintile earns just 3.2% of all income, while the second quintile earns only 8.4% of all income.
First of all, the nation’s top-earning quintile earns 58% of all the income and pays 69% of all federal taxes, including 90% of all income taxes.
This is evident in the Morningstar Sustainability rating of the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF () in the second worst quintile.
This map provides the billions of U.S. dollars worth of weapons exported from each nation to the poorest quintile of nations on earth.
This means that in these provinces, quintile 1 to 3 schools — those in the poorest communities — cannot buy the essentials.
The average incomes for those in the second quintile — a proxy for the working-class — rose faster than any other group.
As John Early and Phil Gramm in The Wall Street Journal, “Transfers now constitute 84.2% of the disposable income of the poorest quintile of American households and 57.8% of the disposable income of lower-middle-income households.
However, in the second quintile, consumption decreased by 0.6 percent.
It then looks at the way the average tax rate in each quintile is affected by the tax cut and by bracket creep.
On average, the three-stage tax plan will cut the average tax rate paid by people in the bottom quintile by just 0.3¢ in the dollar.
White children born into the top quintile are nearly five times as likely to stay there as they are to fall to the bottom.
In the bottom quintile of income, 5.5% of households directly own stock and 10.7% hold stocks indirectly in the form of retirement accounts.
Common combinations with quintile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: