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key performance indicator

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A financial or non-financial metric used to help an organization define and measure progress towards its goals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: management

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12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 關鍵績效指標 /关键绩效指标 — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Dutch: kritische prestatie-indicator — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Esperanto: ŝlosila rendimenta indikilo — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Finnish: avaintulosmittari — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • French: indicateur clé de performance — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • German: Leistungskennzahl — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Japanese: 重要業績評価指標 (jūyō gyōseki hyōka shihyō) — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Portuguese: indicador-chave de desempenho — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Russian: ключево́й показа́тель эффекти́вности (ključevój pokazátelʹ effektívnosti) — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Russian: КПЭ (KPE) — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Spanish: indicador clave de rendimiento — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals
  • Swedish: nyckeltal — metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals