(especially BrE) (AmE usually double digits) noun
[pl.] used to describe a number that is not less than 10 and not more than 99:
Inflation is in double figures.
double-figure (especially BrE) (AmE usually double-digit) adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
a double-figure pay rise
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