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fixed

fixed

1.8
Stays the same and cannot be changed
  • adjective
  • /fɪkst/
translation icon : 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

set in stone
vsfixed
  • Informal
10 3.9

Not able to be changed

is unchanging generally without stressing absolute permanence
frozen
vsfixed
1 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
4.4

Cannot be changed or made different

is about staying the same rather than design limits
non-negotiable
vsfixed
4.8

Fixed and not open to discussion or change

means lack of change without the negotiation or bargaining sense

Antonyms

variable
  • Specialized
140 4.2

A number or symbol that can have different values

Changing up and down often in a way you cannot guess

Compounds

fixed cost
  • Specialized
4 3.7

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

fixed costs
  • Specialized
1 2.9

Costs a business has to pay that do not change if production changes, like rent or 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 oil
  • Specialized
1 5.1

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

fixed star
  • Archaic
1 9.8

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

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-width font
  • Specialized
3.8

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

fixed charge
  • Specialized
3.7

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

fixed disk
  • Specialized
4.4

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

fixed intonation
  • Specialized
7.8

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

8.3

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

fixed phagocyte
  • Specialized
8.6

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

fixed storage
  • Specialized
4.9

Computer memory you can read but cannot change

5.6

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

How Constant

permanent
650 3.2
stable
473 2.3
fixed
1.8
variable
67 3.6

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.