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quintile

[kwin´tīl]

any of the four values that divide the range of a probability distribution distribution into five parts of equal probability; the first, second, third, and fourth quintiles are the 20th, 40th, 60th, and 80th percentiles.

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Monthly Savings Through Pension or Provident Funds, By Income Quintile, 1998-2004 (by net income per standard person in NIS, constant 2004 prices) Average Bottom Second Third Fourth Top Saving Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile 1998 198 27 71 135 257 501 2000 228 28 91 177 312 534 2002 266 26 86 187 354 678 2004 304 36 75 191 398 821 Source: Adva Center analysis of CBS, Household Surveys, various years; figures for 2003 were obtained courtesy the Consumption Department of the CBS.

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Quintiles will own 60 percent and Quest the rest of the venture, which would have earned $575 million in revenue had it existed last year, the companies said in a statement last week.