Base period
a period of time used as a standard of comparison in measuring changes in prices, taxes, income, etc., at other periods of time.
Historical Examples
What was the percentage change in the value of money from the base period to 1912?
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noun
(statistics) a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
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