floor
31
5.2
- noun
- /flɔr/
- Specialized
:
suelo
- One of my issues with LinkedIn has been that there's a floor on the CPM, on the cost.
- a price floor
- set a floor
- price ceiling and floor
They're like just marginally above the floor, which is so unheard of for me.
- They're like just marginally above the floor, which is so unheard of for me.
- So you can always tell what the floor of the project is AT.
- But beyond that, it tells you kind of the floor, but it doesn't tell you the ceiling.
- Now, Ubi helps with those problems by securing a floor below which no one is allowed to fall.
Examples
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In Australia and the United Kingdom, all public benefits above a poverty floor are being privatized.
Academic text (2002) -
Similarly, a price floor limits bad outcomes to the seller at the buyer's expense.
Academic text (1991) -
Producers thus sought to put a floor on prices by holding oil off the market.
Academic text (2011) -
Now, Ubi helps with those problems by securing a floor below which no one is allowed to fall.
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Changes in the IOR rate are intended to set a floor under short-term market interest rates.
Academic text (2017) -
Licensing requirements compensate for that shortcoming by setting a minimum qualifications floor below which no one may pursue a particular occupation.
Academic text (2016) -
The government has set a floor on the minimum wage to protect workers from exploitation.
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Many believe that a floor on carbon emissions is necessary to combat climate change.
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To maintain economic stability, the central bank aims to establish a floor for interest rates.
Synonyms
271
1.6
The smallest amount or number allowed
3
7.0
A value that is no larger than any number in a set
1
3.5
The smallest amount or value that is allowed
1
5.1
An official minimum amount sellers can accept for a good or service
1
5.6
The lowest amount of money an employer can legally pay a worker
The lowest point something can reach
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
65
1.1
The floor at ground level in American English and the floor above the ground floor in British English
- Specialized
7
4.6
A large open area in a stock or commodity market where traders buy and sell
- Specialized
3
3.4
The area in a factory where workers use machines to make or assemble goods
- Formal
2
6.8
A person chosen to speak for and guide their party in meetings where laws are made
A material like carpet or wood placed on the floor to protect it and make it look nicer
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew use ropes to move scenery above it
A low floor between the ground floor and the next floor that overlooks the space below
- Jargon
The right to enter a parliament or assembly as a non-member and speak during a meeting
How Low
- Specialized
31
5.2
130
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
A floor as a minimum level uses the image of the flat ground as the lowest point you can reach, so a 'price floor' is a fixed low limit. This is why a floor stops something from going below that bottom level.