benchmark
意味
- 水準点(測量に用いる基準標識)
- (評価などの)基準
例文
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.
連邦準備制度は公定歩合を１８年間で最低の水準に引き下げた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.