single/double figures

single/double figures
Ⅰ.
single/double figures
the numbers 1 to 9/10 to 99: »

Many of these companies have low price-earnings ratios, some in single figures.

»

There are fears that inflation could soon run into double figures.

Main Entry: figure
Ⅱ.
single figures UK US noun (US also single digits)
any of the numbers from one to nine: in/into single figures »

The country's inflation rate is in single figures for the first time in a decade.

»

Unemployment finally hit single figures this month.

Compare DOUBLE FIGURES(Cf. ↑double figures)
single-figure adjective [before noun] (US also single-digit)
»

The company has enjoyed two years of steady single-figure growth.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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