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fixed

fixed

163 1.8
Stays the same and cannot be changed
  • adjective
  • /fɪkst/
: fijo
  • With a fixed interest rate, your monthly payments will remain the same throughout the loan period.

Why doesn't that provide a fixed and stable framework?

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Examples

  • Fair trade coffee guarantees a farmer a fixed price for their crop.

  • Also keep in mind that while your rent might be fixed, everything else is not.

  • Now this is just a fixed number, OK.

  • Is the rate is fixed, not your access to the account?

  • Now we don't know because there's no fixed formula or clear answer.

  • The price of admission is fixed at $10, regardless of the showtime.

  • He has a fixed schedule that does not vary from week to week.

Synonyms

non-negotiable
vsfixed
19 4.8

Fixed and not open to discussion or change

means lack of change without the negotiation or bargaining sense
set in stone
vsfixed
  • Informal
12 3.9

Not able to be changed

is unchanging generally without stressing absolute permanence
frozen
vsfixed
7 3.9

Fixed at the same level and cannot be changed

applies more widely to any value or condition not only financial ones
nonadjustable
vsfixed
1 4.4

Cannot be changed or made different

is about staying the same rather than design limits

Antonyms

variable
  • Specialized
170 4.2

A number or symbol that can have different values

6 6.1

Changing up and down often in a way you cannot guess

Compounds

fixed costs
  • Specialized
6 2.9

Costs a business has to pay that do not change if production changes, like rent or insurance

fixed cost
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A regular business cost that does not change when production changes, like rent and insurance

fixed exchange rate
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A system where a government keeps a country's money at a set value, often linked to another currency or gold

fixed star
  • Archaic
1 9.8

A star thought to stay still in the sky while planets move

fixed charge
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance

fixed-width font
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A style where every letter has the same width, like in typewriters

fixed oil
  • Specialized
1 5.1

An oil from plants or animals that does not evaporate and is used in cooking, cosmetics and medicine

fixed disk
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A metal part inside a computer that stores a lot of data

1 8.3

A fund that keeps the same stocks or bonds selected at the start

fixed intonation
  • Specialized
1 7.8

A system where each key or note always plays the same sound when you play it

fixed storage
  • Specialized
1 4.9

Computer memory you can read but cannot change

fixed-cycle operation
  • Specialized
6.7

An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers

fixed-gear drivetrain
  • Specialized
7.0

A system that connects the pedals to the rear wheel so you must keep pedalling while the bike moves

fixed-point notation
  • Specialized
7.2

A way to write numbers where the decimal point stays in the same place, often used for money

fixed-point number
  • Specialized
7.9

A number written with the same number of digits after the decimal point

A way to show numbers where the decimal point stays in the same place

fixed-point part
  • Specialized
8.7

The part after the decimal point in a logarithm, for example .808 in log 643 = 2.808

fixed-point part
  • Specialized
8.4

The digits or bits after the decimal point that show fractional value in computer numbers

fixed phagocyte
  • Specialized
8.6

A cell that stays in one organ and eats germs or dead cells

5.6

A medicine with set amounts of two or more active ingredients in one pill

How Constant

permanent
613 3.2
stable
467 2.3
fixed
163 1.8
variable
49 3.6
fluctuating
6 6.1

Surface Forms

fixed positive

Morphology

fixed = fix (transparent) = fix + ed

The sense 'not able to be changed' is a straightforward extension of 'made fixed' or 'set in place', so the derivation from 'fix' + '-ed' is clear.

Etymology

Fixed also comes from an old word meaning 'to fasten', the same root you see in fix. So a fixed rate or value is 'set' and does not change.