INDEX NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does index number mean? 

• INDEX NUMBER (noun)
  The noun INDEX NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

  Familiarity information: INDEX NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDEX NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

index; index number; indicant; indicator

Hypernyms ("index number" is a kind of...):

fact (a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "index number"):

BMI; body mass index (a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30)

business index (a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions)

leading indicator (one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future)

price index; price level (an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time)

short account (the aggregate of short sales on an open market)

stock index; stock market index (index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks)